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The Parking Lot Movie: Filmmaker Interview
September 17, 2010Filmmaker Meghan Eckman spoke to BTB this week about her film The Parking Lot Movie, which premieres on Independent Lens Tuesday, October 19th. The film will also be screened tonight in San Francisco at the parking lot across from The Good Hotel at 7 PM.Congratulations on your film. Give us a little background on the movie and what inspired you to make…
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Ferrera Waxes Enthusiastic about New IL Season
September 15, 2010America Ferrera, the host of the upcoming season of Independent Lens did us proud in Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch column today. In it she hinted that she might like to get involved in a documentary project in the near future, and also revealed which two films coming up in this Independent Lens season are her personal favorites (we’re not telling, go see…
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Adoption Stories Continue on P.O.V.
September 13, 2010P.O.V. continues its focus on adoption stories this month with In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee, Tuesday night (check local listings). In the 1960s, the Sun Duck Orphanage in South Korea switched the identities of two orphans when an American family adopted one of them. Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem goes on a quest to search for her “double” — a girl named Cha Jung…
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Adoption Stories Front and Center on P.O.V.
September 7, 2010This month, P.O.V. presents two ITVS-funded documentaries about adoption including Off and Running and In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee. Off and Running airs tonight on P.O.V. (check local listings) and follows Avery, an African American teenager and the adopted daughter of two Jewish lesbian moms in Brooklyn. On a quest to meet her birth mother in Texas,…
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We Know Something You Don’t Know!
September 6, 2010Last week we rolled out some clues on Facebook as to who the next host of Independent Lens will be. Lots of names were bounced around. Flavor Flav? Unlikely. Edie Falco? It’s been done! So, sort through the list of clues below and see if you can figure this one out. And if you’re having trouble, relax, we’ll make the official announcement tomorrow. This Year’s…