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  1. Kungfu Celebrates Black History

    January 31, 2013

    Airing on public television throughout February, The Black Kungfu Experience traces the unexpected rise of black kungfu in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, and culminates with the positive impact kungfu continues to have in African American communities across the country today.   At the heart of The Black Kungfu Experience lies the incredible…

  2. KLRU Presents a Social Screening of When I Rise

    January 29, 2013

    Join our friends over at KLRU for a very special screening of When I Rise, on Wednesday, January 30, at 7pm CT.         Watch When I Rise - Promo on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.When I Rise profiles Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and…

  3. Don't Miss the Upcoming Diverse Muslim Voices Social Screenings

    January 29, 2013

    On January 30th and February 6th, Diverse Muslim Voices is hosting two online film screenings of Solar Mamas and Shayfeen.com: We're Watching You. Both documentaries examine the role women play in creating change in their communities. The film titles and links to the screenings are listed below. On the day of the screening, click the link from your…

  4. AIR and ITVS Partner Up for Next Step in Pubmedia Innovation

    January 28, 2013

    Last week, ITVS and AIR, Inc. announced a partnership that will boost support for transformative public media work through Locolore, a multi-million dollar initiative designed to help spark a new vision of 21st century public media.Localore provides more than a million dollars in CPB funding to 10 lead producers who work with local public stations to…

  5. Filmmaker Scott Thurman on the Texas Textbook Wars

    January 28, 2013

    Independent Lens recently sat down with filmmaker Scott Thurman to discuss what went on behind the scenes of his documentary, The Revisionaries, which chronicles the oft-rancorous battle over Texas textbooks. The Revisionaries premieres on Independent Lens January 28 at 10 PM (check local listings). Filmmaker Scott ThurmanWhat impact do you hope…

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