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  1. And the Artists Month Viewer Contest Winners Are...

    April 26, 2011

    Independent Lens fans have spoken and selected a winner for our Artists Month contest. Read details below from our friends at the IL blog. Honestly, we are humbled and amazed by all of the artists who submitted their work to us for our Are You a Visionary? art contest in honor of our Artists Month slate of documentaries for April. Never in the history of our user…

  2. FOCUS ON: Chris Shellen, Producer of Marwencol

    April 25, 2011

    FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Chris Shellen, producer of Marwencol, which airs Tuesday, April 26, on Independent Lens.When/How did you decide that you wanted to be a filmmaker? I decided senior year of high school to go to film school. I was one of those kids who’d make personal…

  3. Community Cinema Remembers Lynn Allen

    April 19, 2011

    Community Cinema is the largest engagement program in broadcast history in 100 markets across the country. The program started in Boise, Idaho with Regional Outreach Coordinator Lynn Allen. The Community Cinema family recently lost our colleague, friend, and an inspirational leader. Here is a tribute to her 30 years of service to Public Broadcasting. 

  4. FOCUS ON: Pedro Kos, Editor of Waste Land

    April 16, 2011

    BTB is delighted to introduce a new feature called FOCUS ON — a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up first is editor Pedro Kos, whose Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land airs Tuesday, April 19 on Independent Lens. What was the first film project you ever edited? In 1996, I was a student in the New York Film Academy…

  5. Enter the Independent Lens Artists Month Contest

    April 13, 2011

    Prizes include a signed print from Marwencol and an original painting from Mikey Welsh (former Weezer bassist) In celebration of Artists Month, we're putting out a call for entries to you -- our creative audience -- to create and submit a piece of artwork that best reflects you. We're looking for expressions of identity and creativity here: Perhaps it's a…

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