February 08, 2012
Angela Davis Weighs in on Black Power versus Occupy Wall St.
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Dr. Angela Davis, former member of the Black Panther Party and Communist Party and now a renowned activist, professor, and intellectual on the topic of human rights, discussed The Black…...
February 04, 2012
Special Free Episode of THE 99, This Weekend Only
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If you saw our season premiere, Wham! Bam! Islam! then you are familiar with THE 99, a comic book and animated series featuring a band of heroes drawn from the…...
February 03, 2012
Sharon La Cruise Discusses Daisy Bates, “a Different Kind of Hero”
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Premiering tonight, February 2 on Independent Lens (check your local listings), Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock examines the life and legacy of Daisy Bates, who organized nine African…...
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…...
January 21, 2012
Dr. Angela Davis Reflects on the Black Power Movement
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Earlier this month, Independent Lens launched a slate of films celebrating Black History at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles. While at the event, the series teamed up with…...
December 26, 2011
A Love Letter to Celluloid Penned by Two Doc Makers
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Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton are co-founders of Gravitas Docufilms in California, and the producers of These Amazing Shadows, which made its debut on Independent Lens on Dec. 29, 2011…...
December 22, 2011
Behind the Scenes of The Woodmans with C. Scott Willis and Lois Vossen
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This week marks the premiere of The Woodmans, a film by C. Scott Willis about a family of successful artists and the fallout from the death of their youngest and…...
December 07, 2011
The Greatest Movie Montages — Got a Favorite?
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Our good friends Kurt Norton and Paul Mariano who produced These Amazing Shadows (which airs on Independent Lens on Dec. 29) have posted a really cool video on their blog…...
August 11, 2011
IL Classic China Blue to Stream Free; Chat on Globalization with PBS NewsHour
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Next up on the summer ITVS Indies Showcase is an Independent Lens classic, China Blue. Micha Peled's stunning undercover film follows Jasmine, one of many teenagers working at a blue…...
August 11, 2011
A Trip Down Memory Lane with the PBS Logo
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Almost nothing makes me so nostalgic as the bumpers and "idents" (network identification spots) of the media of my childhood. That got me thinking about the PBS logo through the…...
May 25, 2011
Women and Girls Lead Featured at PBS Annual Meeting
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We kicked it off with Bhutto two weeks ago, and last week the PBS family assembled in Orlando, Florida and discussed the ITVS initiative Women and Girls Lead. Check out…...
May 18, 2011
Ethnobiology Enthusiast Filmmaker versus MOTHRA!
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We caught up with Jessica Oreck, the director of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, to talk about her maiden voyage into documentary filmmaking. For a young woman who spent a lifetime…...