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November 11, 2015

Eight Gripping Documentaries (and Five Feature Films) to Watch on Veterans Day

Christine Kwon in Lists

Established in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson, Veterans Day (which is always November 11, to commemorate the date when WWI armistice was signed) has become a tradition to “honor America's veterans…...

Postcard reading

April 27, 2015

After the Storm: Interactive Documentary Launches on Anniversary of Alabama Tornado Disaster

Craig Phillips in Uncategorized

On April 27, 2011, a powerful storm system unleashed a deadly series of tornadoes across central Alabama that devastated several cities. The largest tornado, which was categorized an F4, ripped through the Tuscaloosa, Alabama,…...

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April 09, 2015

Homeless but Not Hopeless: Homeless Youth in America

Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films

Youth homelessness is on the rise in the United States, and the numbers aren't pretty. One in 30 kids (nearly 2.5 million children) of K-12 school age are now homeless in the…...

Archival family photo from the Digital Diaspora Family Roadshow

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…...

An African American mother works on her daughter's hair.

February 04, 2015

Domestic Violence Quiz

Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge

In conjunction with the three-part series A Path Appears [episode 3 airs Monday night February 9], which focuses on gender-based oppression and human rights violations in America and around the world, we…...

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May 06, 2014

Decisions on Deadline: Journalism Game

Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge

Connected to Samantha Grant's film A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times, which premiered this week on Independent Lens (check local listings to see if it's…...

Headshot of A Fragile Trust filmmaker Samantha Grant.

May 02, 2014

Filmmaker Samantha Grant on the Saga of Jayson Blair

Craig Phillips in

In A Fragile Trust, Samantha Grant explores one of the most infamous scandals in recent media history, the complicated but disturbing story of Jayson Blair, wunderkind reporter who disgraced himself and…...

July 22, 2013

Five Fun Interactive Features

Craig Phillips in

With Independent Lens off the air for summer (and there are still plenty of ways to watch our films and via Amazon, iTunes, Netflix, DVD and more), this is a perfect time…...

June 14, 2013

Optimism is Revolutionary

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The gap between rich and poor worldwide is growing rapidly. Today, over 1 billion people (1 in 6 of us) live in an urban slum and this number is expected…...

June 13, 2013

The Revolutionary Optimists Filmmakers on Finding Hope in Kolkata’s Slums

Independent Lens in Uncategorized

Amlan Ganguly is a visionary. This lawyer-turned-community activist is not only changing a neighborhood, but also changing the way its youngest residents envision their lives. In this character-driven and highly…...

April 12, 2013

What’s YOUR Superpower?

826chi in Uncategorized

We’re all Wonder Women (or Men) inside, each with our own superpower. But sometimes, we daydream about being more than just a super-dad, super-banjo-strummer, or super-feminist. We want to levitate!…...

April 11, 2013

Filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan on the Making of Wonder Women!

Independent Lens in Uncategorized

Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and produced by Kelcey Edwards, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines airs Monday, April 15 at 10pm (check local listings). We recently spoke with…...