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Blog Dec 21, 2011

Up Next on IL: The Woodmans

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Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, sets up filmmaker C. Scott Willis' documentary, The Woodmans, which premieres on Thursday, December 22 on PBS.

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