October 01, 2014
Independent Lens Wins 3 News & Documentary Emmy Awards
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Cover your ears, it’s horn tooting time here! Last night at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony, Independent Lens films won three Emmy Awards, for Editing; Investigative Journalism, Long-Form; and Best…...
September 04, 2014
Independent Lens Announces New Fall Slate
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[caption id="attachment_5886" align="alignnone" width="600"] From Bully[/caption] On the heels of receiving ten News and Documentary Emmy nominations, Independent Lens announced today that its new season will open with the critically-acclaimed documentary…...
July 30, 2014
Archival Treasures
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We all know the internet is a treasure trove of information (some of it even accurate!), resources, and media. But increasingly it’s become an even more amazing educational tool which…...
July 15, 2014
Independent Lens Nominated for 10 News & Doc Emmys
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this year’s nominees for the 35th annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in broadcast journalism and documentary filmmaking.…...
July 07, 2014
PBS Online Film Festival (Including Independent Lens Shorts)
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WATCH. VOTE. SHARE. For the third year running, the PBS Online Film Festival is happening as we speak. Two excellent short films are representing Independent Lens as part of the line-up: Tryouts,…...
June 30, 2014
The Winner of 2013-2014 Independent Lens Audience Award Is…
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The votes are in and Independent Lens viewers have spoken! Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey is the winner of the Independent Lens 2013-2014 Audience Award. Congratulations to filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz and…...
June 12, 2014
The New Black: Yoruba Richen Expands the Conversation on Marriage Equality
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Yoruba Richen brings to her films a diverse perspective coming from a multifaceted background, all of which came into play when making her new documentary The New Black. "As The…...
May 16, 2014
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams on God Loves Uganda
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Roger Ross Williams won an Academy Award for his short documentary Music by Prudence, which told the moving story of 21-year-old Zimbabwean singer-songwriter Prudence Mabhena, who was born severely disabled and has struggled to…...
April 21, 2014
Freddy Camalier Finds FAME at Muscle Shoals
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Muscle Shoals may bring you some familiar music — joyously familiar — but its story of a little studio (and then two little studios) in a small city in Alabama, and the man who…...
April 18, 2014
A Musical Journey Through Muscle Shoals
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The word “magic” is mentioned a lot in Muscle Shoals, a mesmerizing documentary that tries to explain, or at least place in context, the extraordinary success of FAME (founded by…...
April 04, 2014
Reuben Atlas Gets Down to Brass Tacks with Brothers Hypnotic
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New York-based producer, director, and "non-practicing lawyer" Reuben Atlas has filmmaking in the bloodlines and music frequently on his mind, so it's perhaps no huge surprise that he wanted to…...
March 31, 2014
How Filmmakers Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart Found Medora
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The Ann Arbor, Michigan-raised Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart have worn a lot of creative hats. Rothbart created the eclectic, cult magazine Found, has contributed to NPR's This American Life, written for…...