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Independent Lens and ITVS Receive Nine Emmy Nominations
July 18, 2011The Emmy nominations are in and several Independent Lens docs and ITVS-funded films have been recognized. You can find a complete list of all the nominated films after the jump. Congratulations to the filmmakers! Independent Lens Art & Copy by filmmaker Doug Pray • Nominated for Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming A Village Called…
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Revisiting Deep Down in Second Life
December 23, 2010Last month Independent Lens aired Deep Down, a film about the impact of mountaintop removal coal mining on a Kentucky community. As part of the outreach for this film, the filmmakers created a virtual mine in Second Life to personalize the experience for viewers and to maximize the educational reach of the film. Our own Jonathan Archer virtually…
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Deep Down on Independent Lens
November 23, 2010Deep Down airs tonight on Independent Lens at 10 PM (check local listings). Set in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, the documentary examines one community’s contentious battle over a proposed mountain removal coal mine. Watch Independent Lens tonight as filmmakers Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen put a human face on the consequences of our…
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Music and Movies Save Mountains
May 27, 2010As we watched the sold-out crowd in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium rise to its feet while Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Kathy Mattea, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Big Kenny, and several other musicians joined their voices together to raise awareness for the issue of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia, it dawned on us: as of today,…