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Community Cinema Gears Up for February
January 28, 2011Starting next week and throughout the month of February, Community Cinema will hold free preview screenings of Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story in over 95 cities across the U.S. The documentary by filmmaker Daniel H. Birman, follows the story of Cyntoia Brown, who is serving a life sentence for murder at the age of 16. Me Facing Life challenges our…
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Youth Activists Step Up in New Orleans
May 25, 2010Part of the miraculous story of the neighborhood called Versailles in New Orleans rising from the floodwaters to rebuild itself and sustain its citizens after Hurricane Katrina was the unprecedented leadership role that the younger generation took. Traditionally, the Vietnamese culture in both Vietnam and in this community’s adopted home in New…
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Recent Talkback About Independent Lens
April 2, 2010Always 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 that aired in March. The Eyes of Me "I was studying and watching this for inspiration for a research paper the other…
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Whatever It Takes Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens on PBS
March 30, 2010"The Week's Guide to What's Worth Watching: In Whatever It Takes, Edward Tom gave up an executive post at Saks Fifth Avenue for a far-lower-paying job as principal of a small public high school in the South Bronx. Cameras follow him through his first year as he struggles to deal with its challenges, epitomized by a failing 14-year-old girl whose mother is a…