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  1. Independent Lens Announces Winter/Spring 2012 Season

    January 18, 2012

    Hosted by Mary-Louise Parker, the Independent Lens Winter/Spring  lineup includes the award-winning films We Were Here, Hell and Back Again, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, and more.Independent Lens announced its winter/spring 2012 schedule this week. "Our upcoming winter/spring season features a robust slate of some of the most engaging and

  2. Independent Lens Celebrates Hollywood Classics

    December 29, 2011

    The Librarian of Congress, with input from the public and advice from the National Film Preservation Board, selects 25 films each year to add to the Registry. These Amazing Shadows goes behind the scenes to show the discussions, the debates, and the drama that surround this selection process.              Watch These Amazing Shadows, by filmmakers Paul

  3. Up Next on IL: These Amazing Shadows

    December 28, 2011

    Independent Lens Founding Series Producer Lois Vossen sets up filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton's documentary, These Amazing Shadows, which premieres on Thursday, December 29, on PBS. The documentary weaves clips from America's most-beloved films with moving personal tales of how specific films have reflected our culture and changed lives.

  4. Happy Holidays from Mary-Louise Parker and Independent Lens

    December 23, 2011

    The award-winning actress offers best wishes and holiday greetings on behalf of everyone from Independent Lens.

  5. Filmmaker Discusses The Woodmans

    December 22, 2011

    Filmmaker C. Scott Willis sat down with BTB earlier this year in San Francisco to discuss his documentary The Woodmans. The film offers an inspiring portrait of one family's fall and redemption in the often brutal world of art and premieres Thursday, December 22 on Independent Lens.