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  1. Independent Lens Takes Center Stage at TCA Press Tour

    July 24, 2012

    The weekly series held two high profile events at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, featuring Byron Hurt’s new film Soul Food Junkies and the landmark, two-part series Half the Sky. PBS held court for two days at the Beverly Hilton, as they unveiled Public Television's upcoming fall lineup for the critics. On Saturday,…

  2. Independent Lens Takes on TCA!

    July 20, 2012

    Over the course of the next two weeks, journalists and television critics will be flocking to the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles for the biannual Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour in Los Angeles for a chance to preview upcoming programs from major broadcast and cable networks. This weekend, PBS is prominently featuring Independent Lens…

  3. PBS Explores Immigration in Homeland

    July 17, 2012

    Homeland: Immigration in America reveals the complexity of the election-year issue. The three-part series premieres nationally on PBS on Friday, July 20 and 27, 2012, at 10pm ET. While immigration is a national issue this election year, it plays out daily in the lives of people in communities across the country. Homeland: Immigration in America…

  4. Anna Deavere Smith on the PBS Arts Summer Festival

    June 29, 2012

    Actor Anna Deaveare Smith discusses her role as host of the PBS Arts Summer Festival with BTB. The interview was conducted last January at the TCA Press Tour in Los Angeles, where the actor was performing her one-woman-show Let Me Down Easy. The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly…

  5. Celebrate Title IX with a Summer of Women and Girls Lead Films Online

    June 22, 2012

     Strength. Stamina. Determination. Resilience in the face of obstacles. All these words could be used to describe independent filmmakers but they’re also qualities common to women and girls in sports. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX legislation ending gender-based discrimination in federally-funded educational activities,…

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