Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Read More
January 31, 2012
Filmmaker Discusses Daisy Bates and Black History Month
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Independent Lens is kicking off Black History Month this week with Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. We caught up with filmmaker Sharon La Cruise to talk about how…...
We Still Live Here
The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts revives their native tongue, a language that was silenced for more than 100 years, spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe. Read More
Wham! Bam! Islam!
When a Kuwaiti psychologist launches a comic series with 99 superheroes based on the 99 virtues of Allah, he runs up against suspicion from Muslims and the harsh realities of the global marketplace. Read More
Two Spirits
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the nadleeh, or 'two-spirit,' who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits. Read More
Interviews
April 25, 2011
Marwencol Director Reflects on a Man, His Dolls, and the Touch of Genius
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Jeff Malmberg, director of Marwencol, took on much more than just a film project when he decided to shoot a documentary about Mark Hogancamp. Intrigued by a magazine article about…...
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat more than 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist whose brilliant life was cut short. Read More
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how common violence among youth is. Read More
When I Rise
When I Rise is about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. Read More
The Calling
A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans — Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim — preparing to become the nation’s next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals. This four-hour special event explores the forces that are drawing a new generation of young people to serve their communities and their faith. Read More
45365
45365 is a vérité exploration of the congruities of daily life in an American town. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, it explores relationships and interactions with and between people and their community. Read More
Lost Sparrow
Lost Sparrow is an adoptive brother's journey to bring his two Crow Indian brothers home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family, after their sudden and mysterious deaths decades ago. Read More
