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FOCUS ON: Tamra Davis, Director of Basquiat
May 14, 2011FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Tamra Davis, whose documentary Basquiat, aired this season on Independent Lens.What was your favorite movie when you were a child? I used to watch a lot of old movies when I was a kid. The Wizard of Oz was one of my favorite movies. I liked the contrast…
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And the Artists Month Viewer Contest Winners Are...
April 26, 2011Independent Lens fans have spoken and selected a winner for our Artists Month contest. Read details below from our friends at the IL blog. Honestly, we are humbled and amazed by all of the artists who submitted their work to us for our Are You a Visionary? art contest in honor of our Artists Month slate of documentaries for April. Never in the history of our user…
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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…
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Basquiat Resonates through the Haitian Art Community
April 11, 2011Carine Fabius from The Huffington Post, reviews Tamra Davis's film about iconic artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In preparation for the release of Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, I was asked by ITVS to blog about it for Beyond the Box. While I’d like to think it’s because of my terribly trenchant observations about art, a subject I occasionally…