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Oscar®-Nominated Documentary “Writing With Fire” Makes Its Television Debut on PBS’s Independent Lens on March 28, 2022
Film Turns a Lens on India’s Only All-Female News Outlet in Male-Dominated Media Landscape
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“Writing With Fire” Marks Eleventh Documentary From PBS’s Independent Lens To Receive Oscar Nomination
The Inspiring Documentary About India’s Only All-Female News Outlet Will Make Its Television Debut March 28 On Independent Lens
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Independent Lens, Louisville Courier- Journal Partner To Launch a Multimedia Series Focused on Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender Law
The Ground-Breaking Investigative Series Will Explore One of the State’s Most Polarizing and Long-Running Laws and Its Lasting Impact on Kentuckians
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Documentary Exploring Complexities of School Gun Violence and Prevention, “Bulletproof,” Premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on February 14, 2022
Filmmaker and Educator Todd Chandler Examines Fear, Violence, and the Monetization of Classroom Safety in the Age of Mass Shootings
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Independent Lens on PBS Takes an In-Depth Look at Competitive Top College Admissions in Debbie Lum’s Acclaimed Documentary “Try Harder!” Premiering May 2, 2022
The Documentary Goes Inside a Prestigious Public High School with a Majority Asian American Student Body, where High Achieving Seniors Share Hope and Heartbreak of Getting into a Top University
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Independent Lens to Premiere “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas,” From Award-Winning Documentarian Giorgio Angelini, on PBS February 7
Film Untangles the History of Racist Housing Policies in Post–World War II America and Their Present-Day Ramifications
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Independent Lens on PBS Offers an Intimate Portrait of Incarcerated Mothers in America With “Apart,” Premiering February 21
The Documentary Examines the Impact of America’s War on Drugs Through the Stories of Three Formerly Incarcerated Women as They Prepare to Rejoin Their Families
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Independent Lens on PBS Examines Barriers to Economic Prosperity and Racial Equality in Cities Across America Through “A Reckoning in Boston,” Premiering January 17
A White Suburban Filmmaker Sets Out To Document the Experience of Low-income Students of Color in a Boston Night School, but Finds That It’s His Own Education That Needs To Be Reckoned With
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Award-Winning Documentary “Missing in Brooks County,” Chronicles the Harrowing Realities for Migrants, Set To Premiere on PBS’s Independent Lens January 31
Film Follows Community Activists and Families in Brooks County, Texas, as They Work to Find and Protect Migrants Traveling Through the Deadliest Entryway into the United States
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ITVS Names Antonia Carew-Watts Vice President of Business Affairs
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