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Recent Talkback About Independent Lens
January 20, 2010From Stephen Walker's critical and box office smash Young@Heart to an in-depth look behind the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, this season Independent Lens is rolling out a powerful selection of films that cover a wide range of issues related to the music industry. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing…
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Copyright Criminals Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens on PBS
January 19, 2010"What's the difference between creative 'borrowing' and outright theft? The Independent Lens documentary Copyright Criminals offers a thought-provoking discussion of the subject filtered through a history of hip-hop 'sampling' culture." - United Features Syndicate Can you own a sound? As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a…
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In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
January 19, 2010Chicago Public Radio gives an in-depth look at the upcoming Independent Lens broadcast of Garbage Dreams, which also screened at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of Community Cinema. For decades, a group of people known as the “Zabaleen”, Arabic for “garbage people”, have been Cairo’s unofficial trash collectors, sorters and recyclers. They…
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. and his Legacy
January 18, 2010“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a sword that heals. [It] cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the heart of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s was the use of nonviolent direct-action protest. Inspired by the example of Jesus, and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi during…
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In the News: Garbage Dreams on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
January 15, 2010Filmed over four years, Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the…