April 12, 2011
For Your Tuesday: Basquiat, and a Live Chat with Our Artists Month Filmmakers
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In celebration of Artists Month, we are hosting a live chat today in collaboration with PBS NewsHour's Art Beat and ITVS. Join us RIGHT HERE for a discussion about creativity,…...
April 02, 2011
Unearthing the Miraculous in a Far Away Land
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Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev discovered a book at a flea market in Moscow about Russian avant-garde art that miraculously survived Soviet censorship. That chance encounter led to many years…...
February 25, 2011
Me Facing Life: Seeking Redemption in Cyntoia’s Story
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Dan Birman spent six years capturing the evolution and nuances of a case that is both depressingly common and refreshingly multifaceted. He met 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown after she murdered a…...
February 05, 2011
When I Rise Filmmakers Talk Civil Rights, Opera, and Tacos
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Part of our slate for African American History Month, When I Rise premieres on Independent Lens Tuesday, February 8 on PBS. As we do with all of our premieres, we…...
December 17, 2010
Behind the Scenes with Danny Alpert, Director of The Calling
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The Calling is a two-night, four-hour special event on PBS Monday, December 20 and Tuesday, December 21 at 9 PM (check local listings). We sat down with Director Danny Alpert…...
December 10, 2010
45365’s Ross Bros Talk About Capturing Fleeting Moments
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Bill and Turner Ross have been hailed as up-and-coming auteurs for the fly-on-the-wall vérité style with which they made their debut film, 45365, which premieres on Independent Lens on Tuesday,…...
November 19, 2010
Floyd County, USA: Digging Deep for Coal Doc
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Filmmakers Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen shared with Independent Lens the arduous process of making Deep Down and the profound rewards of doing what you love with someone you trust. …...
November 17, 2010
Lost Sparrow director: ‘If I had known what I was getting myself into, I wouldn’t have made the film.’
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Bobby and Tyler Billing ran away on a Monday. Their bodies were discovered on the train tracks on Tuesday. They were buried on Wednesday. Their family moved to their summer…...
November 13, 2010
Lost Sparrow Director Chris Billing Discusses Excavating Family Secrets
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Journalist and filmmaker Chris Billing talked to us about making Lost Sparrow, a deeply personal film about the secrets that killed his brothers and tore his family apart. The film…...