Independent Lens Unveils Winter/Spring Lineup of First-Rate Films
Independent Lens is back with an all-star winter/spring 2011 lineup. Hosted by America Fererra, the winter/spring season kicks off on Tuesday, January 4, 2010 with Dylan Williams’s Men who Swim, a humorous and poignant look at a group of middle-aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden's all-male synchronized swimming team. This season’s lineup will present programs on black history, the arts, street children of Haiti, powerful women changing the world, and much more. Here’s a preview of what you can expect to find this spring on Independent Lens.
Men who Swim (January 4) By filmmaker Dylan Williams
Children of Haiti (January 11) By filmmaker Alexandria Hammond
When I Rise (February 8 ) By filmmaker Mat Hames
Me Facing Life (March 1) By filmmaker Daniel Birman
Pushing the Elephant (March 29) By filmmakers Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel
Desert of Forbidden Art (April 5) By filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (April 12) By filmmaker Tamra Davis
Waste Land (April 19) By filmmaker Lucy Walker
Marwencol (April 26) By filmmaker Jeff Malmberg
A Film Unfinished (May 3) By filmmaker Yael Hersonski
Bhutto (May 10) By filmmaker Duane Baughman
Beetlequeen Conquers Tokyo (May 17) By filmmaker Jessica Oreck
Welcome to Shelbyville (May 24) By filmmaker Kim A. Snyder
Two Spirits (June 14) By filmmaker Lydia Nibley
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