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  1. If Angela Davis Had Twitter, Way Back When...

    February 8, 2012

    Dr. Angela Davis reflects on how social media may have aided her activist pursuits in the 1960s. She is featured in The Black Power Mixtape, which airs this Thursday on Independent Lens. The clip is part of a larger interview conducted by PBS NEWSHOUR’s Hari Sreenivasan and produced by ITVS. The documentary is the product of Swedish journalists, who came…

  2. Mary-Louise Parker Says: "Join the Club!"

    November 10, 2011

    Trouble rallying friends for book club? Mary-Louise Parker invites indie film lovers across the country to rally during PBS broadcasts of Independent Lens under #ILDocClub on twitter. Join the conversation each week with fresh reactions from viewers and some of the most provocative independent filmmakers on the planet.

  3. Tweetback from Donor Unknown via #ILDocClub

    October 21, 2011

    Week two of the new Independent Lens #ILDocClub took off last night on twitter, during the PBS broadcast of Donor Unknown. Be sure to join the conversation next time you're watching Independent Lens on PBS. For now, scroll through some of the chatter from this week's episode, below... Follow @independentlens on twitter for regular updatesFan…

  4. Tweetback from Wham! Bam! Islam! via #ILDocClub

    October 14, 2011

    The 10th season of Independent Lens kicked off last night with filmmaker Isaac Solotaroff's Wham! Bam! Islam! Fans tuned in to watch the journey of THE 99 creator Naif Al-Mutawa and shared their thoughts online, as part of Independent Lens' new film club at #ILDocClub.  Be sure to join the conversation next time you're watching Independent Lens on PBS.…

  5. First Up on IL: Wham! Bam! Islam!

    October 11, 2011

    The 10th season of Independent Lens kicks off this Thursday, October 13 at 10PM (check local listings) with Isaac Solotaroff’s documentary Wham! Bam! Islam! The film follows Kuwaiti psychologist Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa as he battles to launch a comic series with 99 superheroes based on the 99 virtues of Allah. Viewers should check out the filmmaker’s recent…

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