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Multiple Ways to Watch The Longoria Affair
November 10, 2010We hope you enjoyed The Longoria Affair last night on Independent Lens. For those who missed it, you can watch online! The documentary will be streamed in its entirety from November 10 until November 16 in English and from November 10 until January 10, 2011 in Spanish. Watch Director John J. Valadez’s film about how a civil rights movement was sparked when a…
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The Longoria Affair: For English, Press 1; For Spanish, Press 2
November 8, 2010The Longoria Affair airs Tuesday night on Independent Lens at 10 PM (check local listings). The documentary will also be streamed in its entirety online from November 10 until November 16. Plus, we are excited to offer the program in Spanish from November 10 until January 10, 2011. (There are two Independent Lens websites, too: one in English and one in…
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Behind the Scenes: Kunstler's Daughters Reflect
June 23, 2010William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe aired last night on P.O.V. on PBS. But the conversation continued online well into the next day. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler both logged on for a live chat with their audience immediately after the broadcast. With America's best known civil rights lawyer still fresh in everyone's thoughts, the…
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Tonight on P.O.V. - William Kunstler, Radical Lawyer
June 22, 2010The most hated and loved lawyer in America captured through the lens and mouths of his two daughters. Tonight, P.O.V. airs William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, a documentary directed by sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler, that chronicles the rise of their father as an activist lawyer (check local listings here). A self-described radical, Kunstler…
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Filmmaker Profile: Avon Kirkland Discusses Legacy of Sam Cooke
February 26, 2010Documentary filmmaker Avon Kirkland didn’t follow the typical path to filmmaking – earning a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis and working as a research scientist and educational publishing executive before starting a career in television in 1972. Since then, his work as a producer, director, and writer has focused on…