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Airing weekly on PBS, the five-time Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is an independent film festival in your living room. Each week we bring you another original documentary film, each made by one of the best independent filmmakers working today.

This season, Independent Lens returns with 22 independent films that will transport you and challenge you to experience universal human themes from unique perspectives. We will delve into issues emerging from the economic crisis in America, from job loss to wealth disparity; examine the origins of soul food, its importance in African American culture, and its serious health implications; we will examine a military culture in which female soldiers are sexually assaulted at a terrifying rate, and their attackers often left unpunished; we



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THE GOOD WIFE, TEMPLE GRANDIN et al. Win 2011 Peabody Awards
by Jessica Lewis - March 31, 2011

A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for the year 2010, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery o...


FOUR PLACES Makes West Coast Debut At Rogue Machine, Opens 5/14
by Charlie Piane - April 26, 2010

What starts as an innocent lunch between a septuagenarian Mom and her two adult children degenerates into a fierce game of cat and mouse which leads to a confession that will radically upset the lives of the entire family. In Joel Drake Johnson's darkly humorous play, a weekly family outing takes so...


Glee, Modern Family, Among Winners Of Peabody Awards
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 31, 2010

The George Foster Peabody Awards are created to recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web....


UGA Accepts Peabody Awards Entries Through 1/14
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2011

The George Foster Peabody Awards' 70th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun. More than 100,000 call for entries alerts have been mailed worldwide, supplemented by advertising in media-industry publications. Original broadcast, cablecast and webcast programs presented in the cal...


PBS Celebrates Black History Month with True Originals
by Nicole Rosky - January 13, 2011

This season PBS celebrates True Originals - innovators, artists, scientists, political leaders and ordinary citizens who dared to advance, challenge, improve, invent and explore. This February is no exception....


Terrence Howard Hosts PBS 'Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway' Documentary 12/23
by BWW News Desk - December 23, 2008

Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles that has already reached cult status during its rollout of limited screenings, will air nationwide on PBS on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tue...


70th Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 31, 2011

A record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. ...


UGA Accepts Peabody Awards Entries Through 1/14
by Samantha Toy - October 28, 2010

The George Foster Peabody Awards' 70th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun. More than 100,000 call for entries alerts have been mailed worldwide, supplemented by advertising in media-industry publications. Original broadcast, cablecast and webcast programs presented in the cal...


FOUR PLACES Makes West Coast Debut At Rogue Machine, Opens 5/14
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010

What starts as an innocent lunch between a septuagenarian Mom and her two adult children degenerates into a fierce game of cat and mouse which leads to a confession that will radically upset the lives of the entire family. In Joel Drake Johnson's darkly humorous play, a weekly family outing takes so...


Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter Screened On PBS 5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 09, 2011

JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan and based on her bestselling book of the same name....


BUTTE, AMERICA Screens At Victoria Theatre 11/6
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2010

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar...


BUTTE, AMERICA Screens At Victoria Theatre 11/6
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 15, 2010

Former San Francisco based (now in Montana) Emmy-nominated, (ISHI: THE LAST YAHI) Producer/Director Pamela Roberts' new film BUTTE, AMERICA tells the epic tale of Butte, Montana, once the world's largest producer of copper, and known as the town that "plumbed and electrified America," 'the Gibraltar...


Terrence Howard To Host 'Grey Gardens' Documentary 12/23
by Faetra Petillo - August 15, 2008

Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles that has already reached cult status during its rollout of limited screenings, will air nationwide on PBS on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tue...


36 Recipients Of 68th Annual Peabody Awards Announced Today
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 01, 2009

Thirty-six recipients of the 68th Annual Peabody Awards were announced today by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The winners, chosen by the Peabody board as the best in electronic media for 2008, were named in a ceremony in the Peabody Gallery on the Un...


Film Festival Highlights Social, Economic Needs of Haiti One Year after Earthquake 1.23
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 05, 2011

A new film festival that focuses on the ongoing social and economic needs of people in Haiti is scheduled for 1-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 ,at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater....


PBS Premieres 'Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway' 12/23
by Eddie Varley - December 17, 2008

Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles that has already reached cult status during its rollout of limited screenings, will air nationwide on PBS on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tue...


Film Festival Highlights Social, Economic Needs of Haiti One Year after Earthquake 1.23
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2011

A new film festival that focuses on the ongoing social and economic needs of people in Haiti is scheduled for 1-7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 ,at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater....







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