Press Releases
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PBS Doc, Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity Examines Racial Identity In American Culture Today
January 7, 2010More information about the program (San Francisco, CA)—Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity explores racial identity through the lens of hip-hop music and culture. The film focuses in particular on the tensions that surround white identification with hip-hop. Popularly referred to by derogatory terms such as “wannabe” or “wigger,” the…
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Independent Lens 2010 Winter/Spring Line-Up Kicks Off With Four Acclaimed Music Documentaries on PBS
December 15, 2009For more information on the Winter/Spring 2010 line up visit Independent Lens (San Francisco, CA)— The critically acclaimed, Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, launches the second half of the 2009/2010 season with four weeks of compelling documentaries that explore both the art and business of modern…
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Copyright Criminals, an Exploration of the Creative and Legal Ramifications of Music Sampling in Hip-Hop, Premieres Tuesday, January 19, on the PBS Documentary Series Independent Lens
December 3, 2009(San Francisco, CA) — Computers, software and even cell phones have radically altered our relationship to mass culture and technology, providing consumers with the tools to become producers, or “remixers,” of their own media. But long before everyday people began posting their video mash-ups on the Web, hip-hop musicians perfected the art of audio…
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Audience Sensation Young@Heart to Premiere on the Emmy® Award–Winning PBS Documentary Series Independent Lens
December 3, 2009(San Francisco, CA)—Prepare to be surprised, delighted and entertained by the inspiring members of the Young@Heart Chorus, a New England senior citizens chorus that has delighted audiences worldwide with their renditions of songs by everyone from The Clash to Coldplay. As Stephen Walker’s critically acclaimed documentary begins, the retirees, led…
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Independent Television Service Returns to Sundance with Two Films in the U.S. Documentary Competition and One in the World Cinema Narrative Competition
December 2, 2009San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that three of its funded films have been selected for competition in the upcoming 2010 Sundance Film Festival, to be held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31. This brings the number of ITVS funded films that have screened at Sundance to a total of 69, since ITVS’s first presence…