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Watch QUICK FEET, SOFT HANDS This Month on Public Television
April 9, 2009Against the backdrop of Southern League baseball, fiancees Jim and Lisa face the challenge of moving up America's economic ladder. Jim, a minor league shortstop, fights a batting slump while Lisa slogs away to support them. Together they must confront Jim's slump as they cope with the day-to-day realities of being young, married and poor. Check out the…
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Watch MILKING THE RHINO Tonight on Independent Lens
April 7, 2009Everyone has seen a nature documentary with a ferocious kill on the Serengeti Plain. Well, here's a different story about villagers navigating the dangers and costs of living with wildlife. The Maasai of Kenya and Namibia's Himba people are vying to share a piece of the eco-tourism pie. But can they fulfill the expectations of Westerners without…
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Watch RECYCLE Tonight on Independent Lens
March 31, 2009Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar and his son through the chaotic streets of Zarqa, Jordan –– a hotbed of political extremism and birthplace of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Follow Amar’s daily life as he scours the streets to earn a meager living collecting cardboard to recycle and struggles with his faith and the…
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Filmmaker Karen Skloss at SXSW
March 23, 2009ITVS and PBS celebrated independent film and new media at the recent South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive & Film conference in Austin, Texas. PBS Engage hosted a "Social Media & Online Video Studio" on Sixth Street and interviewed ITVS funded filmmaker Karen Skloss. Her fearless and evocative film SUNSHINE made its world premiere at SXSW.…
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The Chicago Cultural Center Presents ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING
February 24, 2009It was a full house at the Chicago Cultural Center this past weekend at the Community Cinema screening of ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING, co-presented by Pasfarda Arts & Cultural Exchange, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and WTTW Channel 11. Set against the turbulent relationship between the United States and Iran, Iranian-American filmmaker…