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  1. PBS’s Independent Lens at the 2010 Television Critics Association Press Tour

    January 14, 2010

    Greetings from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour in Los Angeles. Held twice a year, TCA gives television critics and other journalists a chance to preview upcoming programs from major broadcast and cable networks. We're here with the filmmakers of Dirt! The Movie, narrator/actor/author Jamie Lee Curtis, and Andy Lipkis, the founder…

  2. Video Interview with Bob Cilman and Steve Martin of Young@Heart

    January 13, 2010

    Bob Cilman, the director of the Young@Heart Chorus, and Steve Martin, a chorus member, stopped by the ITVS offices yesterday -- on the day of the television premiere of Young@Heart on Independent Lens on PBS. In the video below, they talk about what it was like to participate in screenings across the country as part Community Cinema and what they hope people…

  3. Young@Heart Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens on PBS

    January 12, 2010

    “[Young@Heart] offers an encouraging vision of old age in which the depression commonly associated with decrepitude is held at bay by music making, camaraderie and a sense of humor.” - The New York Times We’re kicking off a month dedicated to music on Independent Lens –– four films in four weeks about the power of music to shape and enhance our lives. Tune in…

  4. IndiesLab: Supporting Independent Filmmakers in the Digital Marketplace

    January 12, 2010

    Happy New Year and greetings from IndiesLab! My name is Davin Hutchins and I am the new director of this exciting joint initiative of ITVS and PBS now entering its second year –– the Independent Digital Distribution Lab –– or IndiesLab for short. What is IndiesLab? It’s an ITVS-PBS initiative designed to help filmmakers navigate this marketplace and to…

  5. Sam Cooke: Crossing Over: Tonight on American Masters on PBS

    January 11, 2010

    “What to Watch Monday: American Masters opens with a profile of the soul titan Sam Cooke. A highlight: Lou Rawls explaining how touring gospel singers (like Mr. Cooke, early in his career) 'got over good' — even better than R&B and jazz musicians — because of their wholesome reputations." - The New York Times In 1958, when Sam Cooke crossed over from…

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