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Recent Talkback About Independent Lens This Month
October 28, 2009Always thought-provoking, sometimes controversial, Independent Lens brings you documentaries, dramas, shorts and Web-exclusive projects made by independent thinkers. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing this month. HERB & DOROTHY"What an inspiring film! If the Vogels are 'greedy,' it is yet a selfless…
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Season Finale of Global Voices: REVOLUCION: Five Visions
October 16, 2009"... an absorbing documentary..." - The Virginian-Pilot REVOLUCION tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades and whose perspectives on photography are as varied as their opinions about the Cuban Revolution. From revolution-era photographers whose lenses captured the heroic masses to more…
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Independent Lens Season Premiere: HERB & DOROTHY Tonight on PBS
October 13, 2009"If Ripley's Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries." - Los Angeles Times He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With modest means, this couple managed to build one of the most important modern art collections in history.…
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Test Your Skills: Play The Collector Challenge
October 9, 2009The wait is nearly over! An all-new season of Independent Lens kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 13 with HERB & DOROTHY. The film looks at the story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, a couple of modest means who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Together they had an uncanny eye for groundbreaking art work--often…