June 08, 2016
United States Officially Recognizes Tony Sullivan and Richard Adams’s Marriage
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
For those of you who remember the dear story told in the Independent Lens film Limited Partnership, longtime partners Tony Sullivan and Richard Adams became one of the first same sex couples…...
April 15, 2016
Zimbabwe Update: Still In Flux
Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films
The film Democrats, which aired on Independent Lens, traces the challenges and tensions that arose in Zimbabwe over the attempt to charter a new national constitution. While that African nation…...
March 03, 2016
Update on Fihi from In Football We Trust
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Those who saw the Independent Lens film In Football We Trust will remember one of the four student-athletes featured in the film, "Fihi" Kaufusi, who was trying to fight through a…...
December 26, 2015
A Letter from Jose Ansaldo and an Update from Oscar Ramos [UPDATED]
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
UPDATE (3/26/21): We heard great news about East of Salinas star José Ansaldo that we just had to share. José got accepted to U.C. Berkeley! https://twitter.com/SupervisorAlejo/status/1375297535506481153?s=20 UPDATE (2/7/17): News courtesy of…...
December 02, 2015
Blood Brother Update from Rocky Braat: Continuing the Story
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Since Blood Brother aired on Independent Lens in early 2014, many of the film's fans continue to ask how Rocky Braat and the kids he works with in India are doing.…...
November 09, 2015
“Stray Dog” Updates: Ron Advises Veterans and His Stepsons Check In
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Stray Dog filmmaker Debra Granik, on our behalf, checked back in with the subjects of her film, Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, and his Mexican-born stepsons, Angel and Jesús, to see how…...
April 17, 2015
Survivors: Confronting Deepwater Horizon Trauma through Oil on Canvas
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Artist Sara Lattis Stone, whose husband Stephen Stone escaped the Deepwater Horizon disaster alive, turned to her craft — painting — as a means of confronting the post-traumatic stress her…...
April 13, 2015
Update: Kasey Checks In
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Kasey, one of the three formerly homeless teens portrayed in The Homestretch who are striving to make a better future for themselves, checked in just today to give us all…...
April 06, 2015
Little Hope Was Arson: A Letter from a Texas Jail
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
Spoiler Alert: If you'd rather wait to learn more about the procedural around the arson cases explored in Little Hope Was Arson, we recommend saving this piece for right after you watch the film,…...
February 25, 2015
Island President Updates: Former Maldives President Arrested
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
[caption id="attachment_6494" align="alignnone" width="600"] Former president Nasheed arrested in Male, Maldives[/caption] Update (1/18/16): Nasheed was allowed to leave prison and the Maldives in order to get needed surgery in Britain. But…...
February 09, 2015
Jessica Posner Odede: From New York to Nairobi
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In the final episode of A Path Appears (part three airs tonight on PBS; check local listings), Jessica Posner Odede and her husband Kennedy Odede bring us into the incredible work they…...
October 20, 2014
Update on Twin Sisters Mia and Alexandra from the California Mom
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We have an exclusive update on the two twin girls featured in Twin Sisters (the film by Mona Friis Bertheussen premieres on PBS tonight, Monday, October 20, at 10 pm;…...