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FOCUS ON: Pedro Kos, Editor of Waste Land
April 16, 2011BTB 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…
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Enter the Independent Lens Artists Month Contest
April 13, 2011Prizes 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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Art in the Shadow of Extremism
April 5, 2011The Desert of Forbidden Art, airing Tuesday at 10PM on Independent Lens provides viewers with some of the art world’s best-kept secrets. Stalin consolidated his 1950's post-war power by declaring all modernist art “decadent” and “bourgeois.” Those caught practicing it were sent to the gulag, or executed. So archaeologist Igor Savitsky began his heroic…
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Paula Kerger Rings in Artists Month on Independent Lens
April 4, 2011PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger highlights the arts-stacked lineup on Independent Lens this April in celebration of Artists Month. Watch the video after the jump. Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens. Join Independent Lens to celebrate creativity and art throughout the month of April: Special Section: Marginalized Art -- explore…
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Eight ITVS Films on the Upcoming Season of P.O.V.
March 28, 2011The PBS documentary series premieres its 24th season on June 21 The award-winning PBS documentary series P.O.V. just announced its 24th season with a terrific slate of documentaries for the summer. The season kicks off on June 21 and will feature eight documentaries from ITVS including: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the…