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Letters to Barbara: ‘When I Rise’ Streaming on PBS Video
February 8, 2013When I Rise tells the story of a gifted black music student at the University of Texas who is thrust into a civil-rights storm that changes her life forever. Filmmaker Mat Hames shares a critical step in making the documentary, which is currently streaming on PBS Video. Watch When I Rise - Center Point: A Musical Legacy on PBS. See more from…
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KLRU Presents a Social Screening of When I Rise
January 29, 2013Join our friends over at KLRU for a very special screening of When I Rise, on Wednesday, January 30, at 7pm CT. Watch When I Rise - Promo on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.When I Rise profiles Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and…
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Celebrate Black History Month with When I Rise
February 9, 2011WATCH THE FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY STREAMING NOW ON PBS VIDEO If you missed the Independent Lens premiere of When I Rise last night on PBS, you can now catch the film in it's entirety streaming on PBS video. And don't forget to check out the exclusive video extras that you can only find on the Independent Lens website and read yesterday's New York Times feature…
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Several ITVS Films Nominated for IDA Awards
October 29, 2010Nominees for the 2010 IDA Documentary Awards were announced this week, with many of the year’s most buzzed-about titles and festival favorites making the list. Several ITVS films were nominated, including a handful from Independent Lens. Winners will be announced on December 3 at the Directors Guild Theater in Los Angeles in a ceremony hosted by…