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THEY CALL US MONSTERS Premieres on PBS' Independent Lens 5/22
by Caryn Robbins - May 10, 2017 They Call Us Monsters goes behind the walls of the Compound, a high-security facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they're kids. To the system, they're adults.... 
BWW Previews: AJ Lambert's IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS 09/08 at The Rrazz Room
by DT Gramkee - September 03, 2018 BWW Previews: AJ LAMBERT'S 'IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS' SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 at The RRAZZ ROOM New Hope PA... 
New Animated Digital Short 'Caracol Cruzando' Debuts in PBS Online Film Festival
by Tori Hartshorn - July 17, 2018 The new digital short Caracol Cruzando is a timely animated film touching on the harsh realities of immigration for undocumented families which debuted today on PBS.org as part of PBS' 2018 Online Film Festival. Animated and written by Pamela Maria Chavez, the film will be presented by Latino Public... 
Missi Pyle and Sally Jo Fifer to Participate in 'State of the Union' Panel at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 25, 2018 The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (HSDFF), presented by Mountain Valley Spring Water, announced today that actress and HSDFF Honorary Chair Missi Pyle and Sally Jo Fifer, producer and CEO of ITVS and recipient of the 2018 “HSDFF Impact Award” will participate in a panel titled “State of the ... 
HOME TRUTH, Documentary About Domestic Violence Activist Jessica Gonzales, On PBS Stations In October
by Tori Hartshorn - August 30, 2018 In 1999, Colorado mother Jessica Gonzales experienced every parent's worst nightmare when her three young daughters were killed after her estranged husband abducted them in violation of a domestic violence restraining order. Devastated, Jessica filed a lawsuit against the police, claiming they did n... 
PBS To Present Special Earth Day Themed Programming This April
by Macon Prickett - March 12, 2018 In conjunction with Earth Day on April 22, PBS stations will offer a selection of themed programming with topics ranging from agriculture to meteorology to climate change. Kicking off on Monday, April 16, at 10:00 p.m. ET, INDEPENDENT LENS investigates the disturbing chemical spill in West Virginia... 
Chasing Trane Opens INDEPENDENT LENS New Season on PBS This November
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2017 The award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS opens its new season on Monday, November 6 with Chasing Trane, John Scheinfeld's portrait of jazz great John Coltrane, featuring Denzel Washington speaking the words of Coltrane.... 
INDEPENDENT LENS Announces Fall Season on PBS
by Macon Prickett - July 20, 2018 The award-winning PBS series Independent Lens opens its new season on Monday, October 29 with Young Men and Fire, a richly personal look at the lives of a western firefighting crew during one challenging season. Also on the fall schedule is Dawnland, which explores the devastating impact of the forc... 
Documentary DOLORES, About Activist Icon Dolores Huerta, on PBS/INDEPENDENT LENS March 27
by Macon Prickett - February 28, 2018 One of the most important, yet least known activists of our time, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farm workers union with César Chávez. Tirelessly leading the fight for racial and labor justice, Huerta evolved into one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century ... 
PBS's Independent Lens Acquires Broadcast Rights to Denali Tiller's Documentary TRE MAISON DASAN
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2018 The award-winning PBS series Independent Lens today announced that it has acquired Denali Tiller's documentary Tre Maison Dasan for its Spring 2019 season on PBS. An intimate portrait of three boys growing up with a parent in prison, Tre Maison Dasan provides a firsthand look at children struggling ... 
A.R.T. & Harvard Art Museums to Host Events Series Alongside WARHOLCAPOTE
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017 American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard Art Museums have partnered in conjunction with the A.R.T.'s production of WARHOLCAPOTE to present a series of events highlighting the contemporary legacies of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, including a unique encounter with Warhol screen-prints and a s... 
PBS SoCal Nominated For Five Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards
by Macon Prickett - June 12, 2018 PBS SoCal KOCE Southern California's home for PBS will receive the Governors Award Emmy at the 70th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards the for the station's five years of extraordinary work on the 'American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen.' The initiative focuses on local programming, community outreach an... 
Megumi Sasaki's A WHALE OF A TALE Released on iTunes in US, Canada, UK
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 In 2010, Taiji, a sleepy fishing town in Japan, suddenly found itself in the worldwide media spotlight. THE COVE, a documentary denouncing the town's longstanding whale and dolphin hunting traditions, won an Academy Award and almost overnight, Taiji became the go-to destination and battleground for ... 
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Premieres on PBS, 1/1
by Caryn Robbins - December 14, 2017 Jennifer M. Kroot's THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN, winner of an Audience Award at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, premieres on Independent Lens, Monday, January 1, 2018, 10:30PM ET...
BWW Previews: AJ Lambert's IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS 09/08 at The Rrazz Room
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2018 BWW Previews: AJ LAMBERT'S 'IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS' SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 at The RRAZZ ROOM New Hope PA... 
PBS Announces Premiere Dates for LITTLE WOMEN with Angela Lansbury, Tony Bennett Tribute ft. Josh Groban & More
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2017 PBS today announced its Winter/Spring 2018 schedule lineup, which includes the much-anticipated second season of MASTERPIECE's hit series Victoria (Sundays, January 14-February 25),starring Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes and, this season, Dame Diana Rigg.... 
THE ART OF THE SHINE Documentary To Premiere on Independent Lens 4/9 on PBS
by Macon Prickett - March 14, 2018 You might pass them on the sidewalk, at the mall or at the airport. They're the shoe shiners, purveying an old school trade that seems like something out of the Mad Men era, out of step with our fast-paced, disposable consumer culture. Yet, to many of the shoe shiners in Stacey Tenenbaum's joyous an... 
PBS Announces Winter-Spring 2019 Primetime Schedule
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 14, 2018 PBS today announced its Winter-Spring 2019 primetime schedule, featuring a season brimming with new drama, music, arts, history, science, nature and more, as well as returning seasons of favorite series.... 
ACORN AND THE FIRESTORM Premieres on Independent Lens Monday, May 21, 2018 on PBS
by Macon Prickett - April 24, 2018 For 40 years, the controversial community organizing group ACORN sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with liberal ideals, promoting government waste and ineffective activism. These competing perceptions exploded on the national... 
Independent Lens to Premiere MAN ON FIRE
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 26, 2018 On June 23, 2014, a 79-year-old white Methodist minister named Charles Moore drove to an empty parking lot in his old hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, and set himself on fire. He left a note on his car's windshield explaining that this act was his final protest against the virulent racism of the co... 
New Documentary on Orthodox Jewish Powerlifter SUPERGIRL, Premieres on PBS 12/18
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2017 Filmed over the course of three years, beginning when Naomi was 11, through her Bat Mitzvah at 12, through age 14, Supergirl follows Naomi and her family through training and powerlifting events as well as documenting their strong faith and involvement in the Orthodox community.... 
PBS SoCal Announces Winners of the 9th Annual PBS Kids Writers Contest
by Macon Prickett - May 30, 2018 PBS SoCal announced the winners of its 9th Annual PBS Kids Writers Contest, who will be honored at a special ceremony at the Los Angeles Public Library on June 6. The creative writing competition was open to children in grades K-3, and is designed to promote the advancement of children's literacy sk... 
MY COUNTRY NO MORE Premieres on Independent Lens 1/7 on PBS
by Tori Hartshorn - December 03, 2018 Between 2011 and 2016, oil drilling in rural North Dakota reached its peak, setting off a modern-day gold rush in Trenton, North Dakota, population less than 1000. With billions of dollars to be gained in an industry-friendly state with a “reasonable regulation” climate, small towns like Trenton bec...
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Premieres on PBS, 1/1
by BWW News Desk - January 01, 2018 Jennifer M. Kroot's THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN, winner of an Audience Award at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, premieres on Independent Lens, Monday, January 1, 2018, 10:30PM ET...
Roadtrip Nation and University of Maryland University College to Premiere Cybersecurity Documentary “Life Hackers”
by Caryn Robbins - June 01, 2017 Roadtrip Nation, renowned for its New York Times best-selling career guide and award-winning documentary television series, announced today that its new one-hour cybersecurity documentary 'Life Hackers' will air on American Public Television stations nationally starting on June 15, 2017. Distributed... |
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