December 20, 2019
New Year’s Resolutions and Goals from the Independent Lens Film Family
Independent Lens in Lifestyle
What are your own resolutions for the New Year? Or your personal hopes, dreams, and goals? We reached out to some members of the Independent Lens family -- the directors…...
December 10, 2019
9 Lights for Hanukkah: Finding Light in Dark Times
Sharon Knolle in Lifestyle
This Hanukkah, as millions light their menorahs and rededicate themselves to their family, their faith and their communities, we look for ways to find and share joy, light, healing, and…...
December 05, 2019
Mush! One Day in the Life of a Dogsledder
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Blair Braverman Writer and dogsled racer Blair Braverman, who spent two summers working as a dogsled guide on a glacier in Alaska, also wrote the acclaimed book Welcome to…...
August 28, 2019
Game On: Why We Are Playing Board Games More Than Ever
Independent Lens in Lifestyle
By Lennlee Keep It was the summer of 1979 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Everyone in my family gets a sunburn when we even think about a beach, so we are very…...
May 14, 2019
High School Coaches Wear Many Hats to Make an Impact
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Katrina Schwartz Driving kids home from practice, taking them to visit colleges, running and lifting weights with them out of season, answering the phone in the middle of the…...
April 19, 2019
Stepping Up for Homeless Black People in Oakland
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Pendarvis Harshaw The Independent Lens documentary Charm City brings to mind the long list of urban American cities that fall into the same category as the Baltimore seen in…...
February 20, 2019
Is This Real Life: The Live Streaming Craze Explained
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Siyi Chen When my dad, a small businessman from Southeast China, asked me, his social media-savvy daughter, how to utilize the internet to help sell his agricultural products, the…...
January 04, 2019
Invasive Species Turned into Sustainable Delicacies
826chi in Beyond the Films
by Claralyse Palmer Vegetarianism has become synonymous with environmentalism, the idea being that going meat-free saves not just animals but the planet (which certainly has some truth to it, especially…...
December 18, 2018
Favorite Nonfiction Podcasts That Will Keep You Glued to Your Headphones
Independent Lens in Lifestyle
By Brooke Shelby Biggs We nonfiction nerds who are compulsive documentary watchers are usually also public radio listeners and magazine readers. Who among us doesn’t have a closet full of…...
August 29, 2018
Paperback Throwback: Favorite Comfort Books
Craig Phillips in Lifestyle
There's something about a paperback book, that fading feel of a flexible, tangible book, of buying one used and finding weird notes scribbled in the margins, the musty smell after…...
July 20, 2018
Great American Melting (Crock)Pot: Comfort Food Recipes from Independent Lens Family
Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films
In trying times, we turn to food. Especially comfort food, recipes from childhood, from our families, that warm our spirits and send us back to simpler times. We reached out…...
July 09, 2018
The Pursuit of APP-iness: Can Tech Help Soothe Anxiety?
Craig Phillips in Lifestyle
It may be presumptuous to state this but I will take a chance: I'm likely not the only one out there these days feeling the pull of anxiety. And thus…...