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Filmmaker Discusses The Woodmans
December 22, 2011Filmmaker 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.
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Hell and Back Again Picks Up Dupont Award
December 21, 2011Fourteen winners of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards were announced on Wednesday in New York. Hell and Back Again, by filmmaker Danfung Dennis, will premiere on Independent Lens in May 2012. The documentary follows one soldier’s experience fighting the war in Afghanistan and recovering from a serious injury back in the U.S.In his…
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Up Next on IL: The Woodmans
December 21, 2011Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, sets up filmmaker C. Scott Willis' documentary, The Woodmans, which premieres on Thursday, December 22 on PBS.
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Paula Kerger Celebrates The Arts on Independent Lens
December 19, 2011PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger pays tribute to Independent Lens's continued commitment to the arts. The Emmy Award-winning series will feature two arts-focused documentaries this month, beginning this week with The Woodmans, followed by These Amazing Shadows on December 29. Watch the trailers after the jump.The Woodmans (premiering…
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An Encore Presentation of Lioness, Thursday on IL
December 15, 2011The documentary, by filmmakers Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers, takes an intimate look at war through the eyes of women on the front lines and the U.S. military policy that bans them from combat. Lioness will air Thursday as part of an encore presentation on Independent Lens. How did five female Army support soldiers — mechanics, supply clerks and engineers…