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Women Soldiers Get Equal Footing: Two ITVS Filmmakers React
February 7, 2013Female soldiers are no strangers to the frontlines, but the U.S. Army has just made it legal for them to serve in combat positions. Last month, the Pentagon repealed a 1994 law that barred women from infantry, armor, and artillery roles. But for decades, female soldiers have worked in the line of fire as medics, military photographers, and intelligence…
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American Warriors Up Close in This is Where We Take Our Stand
January 5, 2012Currently airing on public television nationwide, This Is Where We Take Our Stand documents an unprecedented 2008 conference of veterans and active-duty soldiers called Winter Solider. Inspired by the 1971 conference of the same name, the four days of heartbreaking testimony revealed why many veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars concluded that…
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An Encore Presentation of Lioness, Thursday on IL
December 15, 2011The documentary, by filmmakers Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers, takes an intimate look at war through the eyes of women on the front lines and the U.S. military policy that bans them from combat. Lioness will air Thursday as part of an encore presentation on Independent Lens. How did five female Army support soldiers — mechanics, supply clerks and engineers…
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A Tribute to the Troops from Independent Lens
November 11, 2011Host Mary-Louise Parker, the daughter of a decorated veteran, pays tribute to the men and women of America's Armed Forces.
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Ask Not Snags Outstanding Doc at GLAAD Awards
June 18, 2010ITVS-funded Ask Not by Johnny Symons was honored for Outstanding Documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards earlier this month in San Francisco. Ask Not originally aired in June 2009 on Independent Lens. Equally important is the attention such an award will draw to the national debate over Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT.) The film explores the genesis of that…