June 26, 2015
19 Memorable Faces of Independent Lens’ 2014-15 Season
Craig Phillips in Lists
As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, so rather than unleash many more words on you, here's a photo gallery reminding you of some of the memorable…...
June 24, 2015
Time to Vote! Independent Lens 2014-2015 Audience Award
Independent Lens in
The Independent Lens 2014-2015 season may have ended, but the Audience Award is heating up. Rate and vote for your favorite films from this past season on our Audience Awards page. In…...
June 22, 2015
In the Shadow of Ebola Takes You to Liberia for One Family’s Story
Craig Phillips in
Independent Lens presents the premiere online of In the Shadow of Ebola [watch now], a gripping short film set around the height of the Ebola crisis, but told from a highly personal…...
May 18, 2015
Johanna Hamilton Goes Back to 1971 to Find Burglars Who Revealed Illegal FBI Spying
Craig Phillips in
1971: A year before the Watergate scandal sent shockwaves through the United States, with no end in sight to the Vietnam War, and anti-war protests intensifying. In that same year a group of ordinary…...
May 13, 2015
1971 Pop Quiz
Independent Lens in Uncategorized
The acclaimed film 1971 airs on Independent Lens on PBS next Monday, May 18 [check local listings]. But first, test yourself on all things 1971, from music to sports, politics…...
May 11, 2015
Catherine Gund “Flies” with Elizabeth Streb, Extreme Action Architect
Craig Phillips in Uncategorized
As the subject of her new film Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, New York-based filmmaker Catherine Gund found one of the more dynamic artistic minds in a city…...
May 08, 2015
Action Heroes of Dance: They Were Born to Fly
Craig Phillips in Uncategorized
[caption id="attachment_6887" align="alignleft" width="550"] STREB’s Samantha Jakus runs down the side of Bergdorf Goodman Building in NYC. Photo Courtesy Bergdorf Goodman.[/caption] In the film Born to Fly, we meet not…...
May 07, 2015
Art on the Edge: Extreme Dance, Performance, and More
Craig Phillips in Lists
Elizabeth Streb was once called the "Evel Knievel of dance," and our documentary Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity captures her life as an "extreme action architect." Her choreography, which she calls…...
April 30, 2015
Hawaiian Music: More Than Just Hula (But Also Hula)
Craig Phillips in Lists
[caption id="attachment_6841" align="alignnone" width="600"] Hina performing with some of her students, from Kumu Hina[/caption] In tandem with the PBS film Kumu Hina, we created this Spotify playlist compiling some of the greatest…...
April 13, 2015
Update: Kasey Checks In
Craig Phillips in Where Are They Now?
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…...
March 23, 2015
I Identify: What Forces Determine Your Identity?
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
In Little White Lie, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz uncovers an identity-altering family secret, and then embarks on a journey of discovery as she contends with her new sense of self. The film challenges us…...
February 16, 2015
Black Family History Through a Lens
Craig Phillips in Uncategorized
Archival family photo from the Digital Diaspora Family Roadshow A wonderful companion piece to Thomas Allen Harris's film Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is his…...