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1. Music and Movies Save Mountains

   May 27, 2010

   As 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,…

2. Encore Presentation of Butte, America Tonight on Independent Lens

   March 16, 2010

   “[Butte, America] is one of those films you just couldn’t imagine on commercial TV –– a tale about a Montana mining town that died more than a generation ago, a rich catalog of memory that ends in 1985, a story of tragedy and triumph that’s mostly played out before the invention of videotape.” - Kansas City Star You see the world differently when you work…

3. Recent Talkback About Independent Lens This Month

   October 28, 2009

   Always thought-provoking, sometimes controversial, Independent Lens brings you documentaries, dramas, shorts and Web-exclusive projects made by independent thinkers. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing this month. HERB & DOROTHY"What an inspiring film! If the Vogels are 'greedy,' it is yet a selfless…

4. BUTTE, AMERICA Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens

   October 20, 2009

   "[BUTTE, AMERICA] is one of those films you just couldn’t imagine on commercial TV—a tale about a Montana mining town that died more than a generation ago, a rich catalog of memory that ends in 1985, a story of tragedy and triumph that’s mostly played out before the invention of videotape." -Kansas City Star You see the world differently when you work…

5. Q&A With END OF THE RAINBOW Filmmaker Mitzi Goldman

   August 28, 2009

   Airing this Sunday at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS World (check local listings), END OF THE RAINBOW explores the human dimensions of industrial gold-mining in two remote locations: Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo and Guinea, West Africa. We recently spoke with filmmaker Mitzi Goldman about the challenges of making the documentary and her style of…