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“Space: The Longest Goodbye” Lifts Off On May 6 On PBS’s Independent Lens
NASA Psychologists Prepare Astronauts for the Extreme Isolation of a Three-Year Mission to Mars
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ITVS Shares Our Progress on Representation
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Unconventional Nun Shares Her End-Of-Life Journey In “Sister Una Lived A Good Death,” Premiering February 5
Helping Others in Her Community Prepare for the Unknown, Even as She Was Dying of Cancer, Sister Úna Inspired People to Live into Their Death
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Explore How One Revolutionary Newsroom Is Changing The Media Landscape In “Breaking The News,” Set To Premiere On PBS’s Independent Lens On Presidents Day, February 19
Launching The 19th*— an Unprecedented Digital News Startup Highlights Unrepresented Perspectives and Sparks a Larger Discussion Around Race, Gender, and Policy
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Confronting Palm Springs’ Problematic Past, “Racist Trees” Premieres On Independent Lens January 22
Historically Black Neighborhood Fights To Uncover City’s Prejudiced History And Uproot Towering Symbol Of Segregation
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“Razing Liberty Square” Set To Premiere On Independent Lens January 29
The Alarming Documentary Explores How Liberty Square Public Housing Community In Miami Has Become Ground Zero For Climate Gentrification
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“We Have to Differentiate Ourselves”: Carrie Lozano Discusses ITVS’s Role in Public Media
In August, ITVS welcomed new CEO and President Carrie Lozano to lead the San Francisco-based nonprofit that has, for over 30 years, funded and partnered with a diverse range of documentary filmmakers to produce and distribute stories that would otherwise be untold. (IDA)
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New Docuseries “A Town Called Victoria” Explores The Implications Of Islamophobia Hidden Beneath The Charms Of Small Town America, Premiering November 13, 2023
The Three-Part Docuseries from Reel South and Independent Lens Offers a Vivid Portrait of a Small Texas Town, Its Seemingly Tight-Knit Community, and the Interfaith Coalition That United Against Hate
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Independent Lens Unveils Fall Slate Of Documentary Films And Series Focused On Stories Of Marginalized Communities, Kicking Off September 19, 2023, On PBS
First Half of Fall Slate Will Highlight Latino Filmmakers and Overlooked Stories in “Sansón and Me” and “El Equipo,” While Latter Half Explores Interfaith Understanding With “Three Chaplains” and New Docuseries “A Town Called Victoria”
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PBS’s Independent Lens Set To Premiere “Three Chaplains,” A Documentary Following Muslim Leaders Including The First Female Muslim Chaplain In The U.S. Military, Days Before Veterans Day
Filmmaker David Washburn Captures Three Military Chaplains Who Combat Islamophobia While Promoting Interfaith Understanding
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New Documentary “El Equipo” Centers The Nobel Peace Prize-Nominated Team That Changed The Course Of Forensic Science, Upholding International Human Rights After Argentina’s 1976 Dictatorship And Beyond, Premiering On PBS’s Independent Lens October 9, 2023
Emmy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz Traces the Team’s Unlikely Journey Over Four Decades, Trained by Legendary Anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow, As They Bring International Governments to Justice
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Independent Lens Films Receive 2 News & Documentary Emmy® Award Nominations For “TikTok, Boom.” And “Apart”
Nominations Mark 81 Total To Date for INDEPENDENT LENS