Press Releases
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Tamra Davis's Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child to Premiere on Independent Lens Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 10pm on PBS
January 20, 2011(San Francisco, CA, January 20, 2011) Centered on a rare interview that director Tamra Davis shot with her friend and contemporary Jean-Michel Basquiat over 20 years ago, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child is the definitive chronicle of the short but brilliant life of the young artist who revolutionized the New York art scene almost overnight.…
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Bhutto to Premiere on Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
January 19, 2011(San Francisco, CA, January 19, 2011) — A portrait of one of the most fascinating and complex figures of our time, Bhutto is the epic tale of the life and tragic death of Benazir Bhutto, who broke the Islamic glass ceiling as the first woman leader of a Muslim country. Beloved by the people of her native Pakistan, she was reviled by the nation’s military…
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Pushing the Elephant, the Inspirational Story of Rose Mapendo, Advocate For Peace and Reconciliation in the Congo
January 10, 2011(San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2011) — Rose Mapendo lost her husband and her home during the ethnic violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1990s, yet she emerged from the suffering advocating for forgiveness and reconciliation. But, after helping numerous victims recover and rebuild their lives, there is one person Rose must…
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Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Documentary Series Independent Lens Announces Winter/Spring 2011 Season Lineup
January 4, 2011(San Francisco, CA, January 4, 2011)—PBS’s award winning, critically heralded weekly series Independent Lens returns with a winter/spring 2011 lineup. Hosted by acclaimed actress America Fererra, the winter/spring season kicks off on Tuesday, January 4, 2010, with Dylan Williams’s Men who Swim, a humorous and poignant look at a group of middle-aged…
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Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens to Showcase Three Films About Art at the January 2011 Television Critics Association Press Tour
January 3, 2011(San Francisco, CA, January 3, 2011)—PBS’s award-winning, critically heralded weekly series Independent Lens, hosted by America Ferrera, will prominently feature three art-related programs at the upcoming Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, scheduled to take place January 2011 in Pasadena, California. Building on the system-wide…