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Armistead Maupin at typewriter in the 1970s, from Untold Tales
Test Your Knowledge

December 18, 2017

Take the Armistead Maupin and Tales of the City Pop Quiz!

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films

How much do you know about Armistead Maupin and about his beloved Tales of the City series? Are you a Maupin superfan? Take this quiz we created for both for longtime…...

Filmmaker Jennifer Kroot interviews Maupin at steps to the real-life inspiration for Barbary Lane in Tales of the City
Interviews

December 15, 2017

From North Carolina to San Francisco: Jennifer Kroot Tells the Tales of Maupin

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Jennifer Kroot brings a background in underground filmmaking to her documentaries and uses that sensibility to create surprises within her stories. The San Francisco-based filmmaker first caught the eye of…...

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin examines the life and work of one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels have inspired millions to claim their own truth. Jennifer… Read More

December 04, 2012

7 Books That Inspired Popular Documentaries

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Not many national commemorative months get our attention here at Independent Lens. National Raisin Bread Month ended a few days ago, and no one here so much as gave a…...

A Sad Flower in the Sand

A Sad Flower in the Sand captures writer John Fante’s deep-rooted love of the city of Los Angeles in a film about a dream and a city of dreamers. Read More