Independent Lens

Monday, April 14, 2014 9:00 pm

PBS Independent Lens hosts the US television premiere of The Trials of Muhammad Ali. On 4/14 at 10p ET, Independent Lens is hosting its first-ever live online screening of a film simultaneously with its PBS broadcast. Chat live with the Director of The Trials of Muhammad Ali, Bill Siegel (Kartemquin films, The Weather Underground), and connect beyond the film. Join the conversation right here! www.bit.ly/AliOVEE The film airs on PBS at 10pmET / 9CT/ 10PT on most PBS stations. Check local listings to confirm the broadcast time in your area.

Watch As Goes Janesville tonight on PBS

October 8, 2012 12:02 pm

We hope you will join us in watching As Goes Janesville tonight at 10pm on PBS Independent Lens.

The New York Times' rave review for the film calls it "an up-close view of one of the meanest and most dramatic chapters in recent American politics: the battle over collective-bargaining rights for Wisconsin state employees and the subsequent effort to recall the Republican governor, Scott Walker, from office." The version you'll see tonight is the streamlined cut made for TV, which the Times' Mike Hale says "has a narrative drive unusual for a 60-minute television documentary, pulling us along like a political thriller."

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Stand with Independents on PBS

October 5, 2012 2:02 pm

We encourage all of our fans to watch the new season of Independent Lens on Mondays at 10pm on PBS. The series begins October 8th with As Goes Janesville.

Earlier this year, the successful PBS Needs Indies campaign saw filmmakers and fans unite in support of independent documentary on PBS, urging them to reconsider scheduling and promotion for Independent Lens and P.O.V. You made this new timeslot happen, so we hope you can spread the word about it!

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As Goes Janesville in Chicago Magazine; Tim Cullen goes indie

July 25, 2012 5:01 pm

Set to air on PBS Independent Lens on Monday November 5th, Kartemquin's next release is As Goes Janesville, a co-production with 371 Productions.

 

Well ahead of that broadcast on the eve of the 2012 Election, the film - which depicts the struggles of business leaders and union workers to rebuild their lives and the town's finances after the 2008 closure of a GM plant - has been thrust into Wisconsin's turbulent political debates.

 

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 12:15 pm

Silverdocs AFI Conference, SSCB - Fenton Room
One Veterans Place
Silver Spring, MD

Kartemquin's Pat Aufderheide and Tim Horsburgh will be on a Silverdocs panel related to the successful PBSNeedsIndies campaign.

 

"What happens to the docs you loved at Silverdocs? Many of them end up hiding in plain sight on public TV. But hide no longer: PBS has recently revealed plans to spotlight and celebrate two series that air docs almost every week – POV and Independent Lens. Get the story on how filmmakers and viewers are key to PBS’ having more quality doc fare on TV.

MODERATOR
Pat Aufderheide, Director of the Center for Social Media

PANELISTS
Tim Horsburgh, Communications and Office Manager, Kartemquin Films
Donald Thoms, Vice President of General Audience Programming, PBS
Michon Boston, Engagement Consultant, WHUT and ITVS"

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