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March 30, 2012

Alzheimer’s Stories: Going for Miles

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The premiere of  You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t is tonight, March 29 (check local listings). This week, we’re presenting stories about Alzheimer’s from our staff, friends,…...

Brooke Biggs with her Mom

March 28, 2012

Alzheimer’s Stories: Hello, Goodbye

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This week, we’re presenting stories about Alzheimer’s from our staff, friends, and viewers. Today we bring you a story from our managing editor. Hello, Goodbye by Brooke Shelby Biggs I…...

March 27, 2012

Alzheimer’s Stories: Waltz with My Mother, by Jonatha Brooke

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Beginning today, we're presenting stories about Alzheimer's from our staff, friends, and viewers. Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke cared for her mother (a gifted poet and writer, as well) for more than…...

March 07, 2012

Int’l Women’s Day: We Join CARE for Online Screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell

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We are partnering with Women and Girls Lead and CARE for a special live online screening of the PBS documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell (part of the recent…...

March 02, 2012

Month-Long Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival Kicks Off

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Women and Girls Lead, a public media campaign designed to uplift, empower, and celebrate women who are making change around the world, is honoring Women's History Month with a month-long…...

February 16, 2012

Join Independent Lens and PBS NewsHour for a Social Screening of More Than a Month

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The day after the PBS broadcast premiere of More Than a Month on Independent Lens, join us for a social screening of the film at 12PM PT / 3PM ET…...

February 01, 2012

Join Our Social Screening of Daisy Bates Friday from Little Rock

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On Friday, February 3 we're producing an interactive screening of the documentary Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock from Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Moderated by PBS NewsHour's…...

January 31, 2012

Filmmaker Discusses Daisy Bates and Black History Month

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Independent Lens is kicking off Black History Month this week with Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. We caught up with filmmaker Sharon La Cruise to talk about how…...

November 19, 2011

Two Independent Lens Films Make Oscar’s Documentary Shortlist!

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences today announced its annual "shortlist" of contenders in the category of Best Documentary Feature today, and two upcoming Independent Lens films are…...

November 15, 2011

Behind the Scenes of We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân, with Director Anne Makepeace

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Filmmaker Anne Makepeace took some time out to answer a few questions about her film We Still Live Here — Âs Nutayuneân, which premieres on Independent Lens beginning on November…...

October 20, 2011

Who Are You? The Ethics and Impact of Donor Conception

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Join us for a live moderated chat tomorrow at 10am PT/1pm ET, featuring the director of Donor Unknown and some of the people whose lives have been forever altered by…...

October 11, 2011

R.I.P. Mikey Welsh: Musician, Artist, Friend of Independent Lens

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[caption id="attachment_6828" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mikey Welsh in his studio. (He called this image "Light mood.")[/caption] I met Mikey Welsh by way of the internet last winter, as we prepared our…...