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  1. Social TV Makes Big Progress in 2013

    January 28, 2013

    Originally published on the PBS Station Products & Innovation Blog Lounging around on your couch, clicker and blanket in tow, might not seem like the most overtly social activity. Yet, these days, even when we’re spending the evening parked in front of the television, we’re able to connect with our friends immediately about a show’s plot…

  2. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    January 25, 2013

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Female directors are way more likely to have directed a documentary at Sundance than a narrative film — 34.5 percent of documentaries were directed by women, compared to 16.9 percent of narrative films in the last decade of the festival. One filmmaker at Sundance, Sarah Polley,…

  3. ITVS Kicks Off the New Year With TCA Press Tour

    January 24, 2013

    Another Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour has come and gone, with ITVS programs taking up a significant portion of the PBS lineup! With panels for Independent Lens (featuring The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights and The House I Live In), Kind Hearted Woman (a FRONTLINE and Independent Lens co-presentation), and…

  4. An Insider's Guide to Sundance

    January 22, 2013

    Independent Lens' founding series producer, Lois Vossen, offers her advice on how to survive the landmark festival in Park City, and talks about some of the recent PBS hits that got their start at Sundance. A longtime Sundance Veteran, Vossen winds up seeing up to five films a day as she scours the town for new talent in documentary film.Click here to see more…

  5. Categorize Artist Wayne White? Don’t Even Try

    January 21, 2013

    Before tonight's premiere of Beauty is Embarrassing, Independent Lens reflects on the eclectic career of artist Wayne White. Wayne White’s talents go well beyond painting.In the world of art, if you’ve met success by wielding a paintbrush or a camera or a microphone or a sculpting knife, it’s easy to hang onto that tool and become best known in that…

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