April 11, 2013
Filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan on the Making of Wonder Women!
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Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and produced by Kelcey Edwards, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines airs Monday, April 15 at 10pm (check local listings). We recently spoke with…...
April 08, 2013
‘As I Am’ Filmmaker Alan Spearman Makes Moving Portraits in South Memphis
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We sat down with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alan Spearman about his experiences in making the short film, As I Am, paired with The House I Live In, airing Monday, April…...
April 05, 2013
Eugene Jarecki on Fighting the Good Fight and Taking a Closer Look at the War on Drugs
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We sat down with acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to talk with him about his penetrating look at the profound human rights implications of America’s longest war: the War on Drugs.…...
April 02, 2013
A Letter from Kind Hearted Woman’s Robin Poor Bear
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Part One of Kind Hearted Woman, a pillar program of the Women and Girls Lead campaign, premiered last night during a special Independent Lens and FRONTLINE co-presentation. Viewers met Robin Poor Bear and her…...
March 28, 2013
Filmmaker David Sutherland on Making Kind Hearted Woman
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We sat down with acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland to talk with him about his unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North…...
March 07, 2013
Can a Facebook Game Change the World? Ask Asi Burak
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was always designed to be more than a book or a documentary series—that’s why it’s called the Half the Sky…...
February 25, 2013
Ai Weiwei: Behind the Scenes Twitter Chat with Alison Klayman
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Alison Klayman, the director of upcoming Independent Lens documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, will be participating in a Twitter chat on Monday, February 25, 2013, at 11am PST/ 2pm EST.…...
February 22, 2013
Ai Weiwei Sparks Social Media Flames in China
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Ai Weiwei is a fearless Tweeter. In 140-character snippets, the gruff Chinese artist, activist, and the subject of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (airing Monday, Feb. 25, on Independent Lens) defends freedom…...
February 21, 2013
Alison Klayman on Filming Ai Weiwei
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We sat down with filmmaker Alison Klayman to talk about the joys and challenges of filming China's most famous artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei. Her film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.…...
February 13, 2013
A Cherished Last Letter of Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young, Jr.
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Journalist Bonnie Boswell has many fond memories of her uncle Whitney Young, Jr., a pivotal behind-the-scenes player in the civil rights movement and the subject of her documentary, The Powerbroker:…...
January 25, 2013
A Note From Independent Lens
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Independent Lens seeks to assure that its content offerings encourage a lively civic dialogue, and that they do not present only one point of view. In this spirit, this post…...
January 25, 2013
Filmmaker Scott Thurman on the Texas Textbook Wars
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We sat down with filmmaker Scott Thurman to discuss what went on behind the scenes of his documentary, The Revisionaries, which chronicles the oft-rancorous battle over Texas textbooks. What impact…...