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FOCUS ON: Pedro Kos, Editor of Waste Land
April 16, 2011BTB is delighted to introduce a new feature called FOCUS ON — a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up first is editor Pedro Kos, whose Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land airs Tuesday, April 19 on Independent Lens. What was the first film project you ever edited? In 1996, I was a student in the New York Film Academy…
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D Tour: Rock-N-Roll Meets Organ Donation
April 15, 2011April is National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month, so there’s no better time to revisit D Tour, the rock-n-roll film about bodily functions that premiered last season on Independent Lens.D Tour follows the journey of Pat Spurgeon, a talented indie rock musician in the band Rogue Wave whose life becomes consumed with the care of his failing kidney.…
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Enter the Dog Eat Dog Future of Worker Drone
April 14, 2011New digital short by filmmaker Sharat Raju premieres on FUTURESTATES.tv today At GlobeCom India, where he provides technical assistance to customers calling in from America, Rahul's days blend together. But an office showdown offers him a rare chance to leave his dungeon-like home in Technology City. Watch Worker Drone by filmmaker Sharat Raju and…
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Enter the Independent Lens Artists Month Contest
April 13, 2011Prizes include a signed print from Marwencol and an original painting from Mikey Welsh (former Weezer bassist) In celebration of Artists Month, we're putting out a call for entries to you -- our creative audience -- to create and submit a piece of artwork that best reflects you. We're looking for expressions of identity and creativity here: Perhaps it's a…
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Live Chat for Artists Month from ITVS, Art Beat, and Independent Lens
April 11, 2011In celebration of Artists Month, PBS NewsHour’s Art Beat, Independent Lens, and ITVS are hosting a live chat with the filmmakers behind this month's slate of amazing docs. The chat starts at 7PM EST and will include filmmakers Tamra Davis (director of Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child), Pedro Kos (editor of Waste Land) and Jeff Malmberg (director…