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Official Trailer | Pipe Dreams | PBS
availablepublic20507https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/pipe-dreams-trailer/3033265787cove20507Trailer | Pipe DreamsTalented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.Pipe Dreams challenges preconceived notions about an age-old instrument—the pipe organ—while introducing viewers to a new generation of passionate, talented young organists in the intense lead up to the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC), widely regarded as the Olympics...
Full Film | Pipe Dreams
availablepublic20626https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/pipe-dreams/3033265462cove20626Pipe DreamsTalented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.Pipe Dreams challenges preconceived notions about an age-old instrument—the pipe organ—while introducing viewers to a new generation of passionate, talented young organists in the intense lead up to the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC), widely regarded as the Olympics for organ music and...
Turning a Childhood Tragedy into the Pursuit of Justice
availablepublic7265https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/turning-a-childhood-tragedy-into-the-pursuit-of-justice-2/2171941511cove7265Daisy Bates: Turning a Childhood Tragedy into the Pursuit ofDaisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)As soldiers began streaming into Little Rock to maintain order during the desegregation of all-white Central High School, Daisy Bates reflected on a driving force behind her own activism: the murder of her own...
Stream RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT on PBS
availablepublic20527https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/recorder-tvs-power-to-influence-clip/3043057719cove20527TV's Power to Influence | RecorderActivist and archivist Marion Stokes first realized power of mass media to influence mindsIn this excerpt from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, activist and prolific archivist Marion Stokes first becomes cognizant of the power of television to inform —or misinform—people when she starts appearing on a Philadelphia public access current...
Stream RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT on PBS
availablepublic20431https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-trailer/3033266423cove20431Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes ProjectReclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth.A fiercely intelligent activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years.
Trailer: Eating Up Easter | Saving Their Indigenous Culture | PBS
More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Directed by native Rapa Nui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Eating Up Easter explores the challenges his people are facing, and the intergenerational fight to preserve their culture and a beloved environment against a backdrop of a modernizing society and a booming tourism trade.
BREAKTHROUGH | Visionary's Quest for Cure for Cancer | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Written, Produced and Directed by Bill Haney Produced by Jennifer Pearce Edited by Peter Rhodes Narrated by Woody Harrelson Music by Mark Orton and Mickey Raphael Executive Producers Tim Disney R.J. Cutler Maura McCarthy Associate Producers Matt Shelley-Reade Finn Haney Principal Cinematography Graham Talbot Nelson Talbot Design & Lead Animation Molly Schwartz Featuring James Allison Murphy Allison Nana-Ama Anang James Belvin Lilybeth Belvin Robert Belvin Sharon Belvin Eric...
Leftover Women | Our Films | Independent Lens | PBS
Premieres February 10, 2020 SHARE THIS About the Film Leftover Women follows three successful Chinese women -- Qiu Hua Mei, a 34-year-old lawyer; Xu Min, 28, who works in public radio; and Gai Qi, 36, an assistant college professor in Beijing -- who, despite thriving careers, are still labeled "leftover women," or sheng nu, a derogatory term used in China to describe educated, professional women in their mid-20s and '30s who are not married.
Always in Season
Film Credits DIRECTED and PRODUCED BY Jacqueline Olive PRODUCED BY Jessica Devaney WRITTEN BY Jacqueline Olive Don Bernier EDITED BY Don Bernier NARRATED BY Danny Glover CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Patrick Sheehan S. Leo Chiang ORIGINAL MUSIC BY Osei Essed GRAPHICS & ANIMATION BY Scott Grossman EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Jim Butterworth Daniel J. Chalfen Patty Quillin Joan Platt Regina K.
American Nomads | Our Films | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Director & Producer Ben Wu David Usui Cinematography Ben Wu David Usui Editor David Usui Sound Mix Dan McHugh VP of Production Royd Chung Senior Manager, Short-Form Content Pamela Torno Supervising Producer Clare Chambers Consulting Producer David Casey Associate Producer Susan Cohen Legal Counsel Kathleen Conkey, Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey Production Accountant Ameena Din Special thanks to Adelaide Oliver Ally Rugge Amanda...
Blind Love | Our Films | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Christine Ha Director/Producer Patricia Zagarella Director of Photography Dennis Burnett Benjamin Wolf Editor Sean Campbell Stavros Stavropoulos Robert Tate Camera Operators Ukachi Arinzeh Lorian James Delman Zachary Edick Ryan Noeker Frank Turiano David Ulloa Sound Recordists Rick Alexander Kevin Chin Marc DeBlasi Kirk Nehring Christina Pomales Dan Walter Nicholas Worthen Title & Graphics Pembrook Creative Original Music by Don...
Accept the Call | What Led Somali Father's American Son to Join ISIS | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Directed and Produced by EUNICE LAU Edited and Co-Produced by YASU INOUE Executive Producers SALLY JO FIFER LOIS VOSSEN Supervising Producer BEN SELKOW Consulting Producer NOLAND WALKER Written by YASU INOUE EUNICE LAU Featuring (in order of appearance) YUSUF ABDURAHMAN ZACHARIA ABDURAHMAN IKRAAN ABDURAHMAN KHADER ABDURAHMAN ABDIRIZAK BIHI TONY OSMAN Consulting Producer SUE TURLEY Supervising Sound Editor MATT ROCKER Original Music Composed by OSEI ESSED Colorists RANJU MAJUMDAR...
Bedlam | Examining Our Mental Health Crisis | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits Directed, Produced and Written by KENNETH PAUL ROSENBERG Produced and Written by PETER MILLER Edited by JIM CRICCHI Director of Photography and Co-Producer JOAN CHURCHILL, ASC Location Sound and Co-Producer ALAN BARKER Cinematography BOB RICHMAN Additional Cinematography and Project Development BUDDY SQUIRES, ASC Additional Editing JAMES HOLLAND Original Music DANNY BENSI SAUNDER JURIAANS Executive Producers SALLY JO FIFER LOIS VOSSEN Supervising Producer SHANA SWANSON Consulting...
Stream CHARM CITY on PBS
availableall_members18435https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/charm-city/3024028101cove18435Charm CityMeet the people working to stem the tide of violence in Baltimore.In Baltimore, the murder rate is high and trust in law enforcement is low—meet the engaged citizens reversing those trends in Charm City.2019-04-22 21:00publish2020-12-04 18:59:59December 4, 2020disabledhidefalse Full Film (1:25:35) | IN Dramatic Premiere: 4/22/2019 | Available until 12/4/2020 SHARE THIS Filmed over a...
Black Memorabilia
About the Film Black Memorabilia explores the world of racist material, both antique and newly produced, that propagate demeaning representations of African Americans. From industrial China to the rural South to Brooklyn, the film shines a light on those who reproduce, consume and reclaim racially-charged items, from banks to Mammy kitchenware, confederate flags, Nazi insignia and other ephemera.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Mister Rogers Documentary on Independent Lens PBS
He gave us the most precious gift of all: the courage to be kind. For over thirty years, American children grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBS. Mister Rogers offered a calm and stable presence, tackling life's weightiest issues in a simple, direct way. Won't You Be My Neighbor? reflects on Fred Rogers’ legacy of kindness, and the profound and lasting effect his innovative approach to television had on millions of children.
Stream RAT FILM on PBS
availablepublic16644https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/rat-film/3009083957cove16644Rat FilmWatch this film up to March 11th.Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them-to explore the history of Baltimore.
Stream TELL THEM WE ARE RISING on PBS
availablepublic16617https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/tell-them-we-are-rising/3008213818cove16617Tell Them We Are RisingWatch this film up to March 21st.Though much of its history was eclipsed by the explosiveness of the 1960s, the essential role the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) played in shaping black life, creating a black middle class and dismantling segregation cannot be overstated.2018-02-19 21:00publish2021-02-18 23:59:59February 18,...
Stream WINNIE on PBS
availablepublic16533https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/winnie/3008714643cove16533WinnieWatch this film up to April 11th.Winnie paints a complex portrait of Winnie Mandela: the woman, the paradox, both exalted and villainized in the eyes of history.2018-02-05 21:00publish2020-06-22 02:59:59June 22, 2020disabledhidefalse Full Film (1:25:56) | IN Dramatic Premiere: 2/5/2018 | Available until 6/22/2020 SHARE THIS One of the more misunderstood and intriguing contemporary female political...
Stream I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO on PBS
availablepublic16406https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/i-am-not-your-negro/3008148984cove16406I Am Not Your NegroWatch this film up to January 29th.I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, drawing on the writer’s original words on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.2018-01-15 21:00publish2020-06-21 02:59:59June 21, 2020disabledhidefalse19963Always in SeasonAlways in...
I Am Not Your Negro
Film Credits Velvet Film presents in coproduction with Artémis Productions and Close Up Films in coproduction with ARTE France, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Shelter Prod Written by James Baldwin Directed by Raoul Peck With the Voice of Samuel L.
Kickstarter >> Eating Up Easter - Finishing Funds by Sergio M Rapu
WHAT'S THE FILM ABOUT? In EATING UP EASTER we follow members of the native Rapanui community on Easter Island as they battle the globalizing effects of a booming tourism industry. Previous films have often sensationalized the “mysteries” of this remote Pacific island known for its moai, massive stone statues.
The Last Laugh | Film About Taboos in Comedy | Independent Lens | PBS
Film Credits DIRECTED, PHOTOGRAPHED AND EDITED BY Ferne Pearlstein PRODUCED BY Ferne Pearlstein Robert Edwards Amy Hobby Anne Hubbell Jan Warner END SCROLL WRITTEN BY Robert Edwards Ferne Pearlstein CO-CINEMATOGRAPHER Anne Etheridge CONSULTING EDITORS Karen Sim Mark Becker INSPIRED BY "The Last Laugh" by Kent Kirshenbaum FEATURING (in order of appearance) Renee Firestone Klara Firestone Gilbert Gottfried Rob Reiner Mel Brooks Judy Gold Sarah Silverman Carl Reiner Robert Clary Etgar Keret...
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Film Credits Written and Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson Produced by Annika Rogell Co-Produced by Joslyn Barnes and Danny Glover Axel Arnö Executive Music Producer Corey Smyth Music by Ahmir Questlove Thompson and Om’Mas Keith Commentary by Erykah Badu Harry Belafonte Kathleen Cleaver Angela Davis John Forté Kenny Gamble Robin Kelley Talib Kweli Abiodun Oyewole Melvin Van Peebles Sonia Sanchez Bobby Seale Ahmir Questlove Thompson Edited by Göran Hugo Olsson Hanna Lejonqvist SFK Art Director...
Her Fight for Gold
BY Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari | IN Women & Girls Premiered August 2, 2016 SHARE THIS About the Film Flint, a city made famous by Michael Moore's documentary Roger & Me, and more recently by the lead poisoning water crisis, has been hard-hit for years as factories closed, jobs left, and crime, unemployment, and poverty became endemic. It's the most unlikely and challenging of backgrounds for an Olympic athlete to make it through. But Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is as tough as they come.
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