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March 07, 2013

Can a Facebook Game Change the World? Ask Asi Burak

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was always designed to be more than a book or a documentary series—that’s why it’s called the Half the Sky…...

May 26, 2012

Join Our Live Social Screening of Hell and Back Again with Sgt. Harris and Danfung Dennis

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Using our fancy new tool for hosting interactive film screenings, we'll be offering you the chance to watch the Academy Award-nominated documentary Hell and Back Again on Tuesday, May 29…...

May 11, 2012

Nomads’ Land Interactive Map

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Our ancestors were nomads, but today, out of 6.8 billion people, only 30 million lead migratory lives. Summer Pasture (tonight on Independent Lens at 10 PM  — check local listings ) spotlights a nomadic family…...

March 02, 2012

Month-Long Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival Kicks Off

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Women and Girls Lead, a public media campaign designed to uplift, empower, and celebrate women who are making change around the world, is honoring Women's History Month with a month-long…...

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February 22, 2012

Black History Month? There’s an App for That!

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Shukree Tilghman, the director of the Independent Lens film More Than a Month, speaks with Hari Sreenivasen from PBS NewsHour about the special interactive iPhone app More Than a Mapp…...

February 01, 2012

Join Our Social Screening of Daisy Bates Friday from Little Rock

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On Friday, February 3 we're producing an interactive screening of the documentary Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock from Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Moderated by PBS NewsHour's…...

November 15, 2011

Behind the Scenes of We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân, with Director Anne Makepeace

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Filmmaker Anne Makepeace took some time out to answer a few questions about her film We Still Live Here — Âs Nutayuneân, which premieres on Independent Lens beginning on November…...

March 07, 2011

Live Chat with NewsHour: The Congo and Beyond

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To honor the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on Tuesday, we're co-hosting a live online discussion with ITVS and PBS News Hour about violence against women in the Congo…...