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Happy Holidays from Mary-Louise Parker and Independent Lens
December 23, 2011The award-winning actress offers best wishes and holiday greetings on behalf of everyone from Independent Lens.
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Filmmaker Discusses The Woodmans
December 22, 2011Filmmaker C. Scott Willis sat down with BTB earlier this year in San Francisco to discuss his documentary The Woodmans. The film offers an inspiring portrait of one family's fall and redemption in the often brutal world of art and premieres Thursday, December 22 on Independent Lens.
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Hell and Back Again Picks Up Dupont Award
December 21, 2011Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards were announced on Wednesday in New York. Hell and Back Again, by filmmaker Danfung Dennis, will premiere on Independent Lens in May 2012. The documentary follows one soldier’s experience fighting the war in Afghanistan and recovering from a serious injury back in the U.S.In his…
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Up Next on IL: The Woodmans
December 21, 2011Founding 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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Independent Filmmaker Helps Personalize Politics in North Korea
December 19, 2011The death of Kim Jong-Il has triggered a mysterious changing of the guard in North Korea, as his son Kim Jong-un prepares to assume leadership. The ITVS International documentary Return to the Border helps personalize the country's recent history and is available to stream on PBS Video. Chinese filmmaker Zhao Liang Chinese-born filmmaker reflects on…