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…...
April 25, 2011
Marwencol Director Reflects on a Man, His Dolls, and the Touch of Genius
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Jeff Malmberg, director of Marwencol, took on much more than just a film project when he decided to shoot a documentary about Mark Hogancamp. Intrigued by a magazine article about…...
January 04, 2011
The Spring Season is Chock Full of Indie Goodness
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OK, so maybe we're not super excellent at keeping secrets, but we're excitable. Finally we can tell everyone about our whole spring schedule for Independent Lens! Check out some of…...
December 22, 2010
The Resurgence of the Documentary
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Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times film critic, devoted his year-end column to documentary films, which he says enjoyed "remarkable resurgence" in 2010: "It's also hardly a secret that the…...
November 24, 2010
What Film Goes Best with Turkey?
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A happy Thanksgiving to all of you in PBS land from all of us here at Independent Lens. There's nothing we're more grateful for than our loyal, intelligent, thoughtful, and…...