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August 11, 2011

IL Classic China Blue to Stream Free; Chat on Globalization with PBS NewsHour

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Next up on the summer ITVS Indies Showcase is an Independent Lens classic, China Blue. Micha Peled's stunning undercover film follows Jasmine, one of many teenagers working at a blue…...

July 23, 2011

ITVS Indies Showcase Celebrates 20 Years of Independents

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Our parent organization, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), is celebrating its 20th anniversary! To honor the amazing filmmakers who have so inspired us in the past two decades, and to…...

July 13, 2011

Feed Your Synapses with Independent Lens to Go

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Are you desperately in need of brain food this summer, when the primetime lineup leans toward Who Wants to be a National Laughingstock? and Are You Smarter Than a Single-Celled…...

March 15, 2011

Desert of Forbidden Art Museum Threatened in Uzbekistan

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As the film opens theatrically in a few select cities in the United States, its subject -- the remarkable collection of suppressed Soviet-era art that was hidden away in Uzbekistan…...

January 29, 2011

Waste Land Gets Oscar Nod

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The nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards are in, and included on the list for best documentary feature is Lucy Walker's Waste Land. Premiering this April on Independent Lens,…...

December 06, 2010

The Calling Goes Live and Online

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Ever watched a film and then chatted with the people in it in real time without ever leaving your sofa? Well, you're about to. We're pulling out the stops for…...