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THEY CALL US MONSTERS Premieres on PBS' Independent Lens 5/22
by Caryn Robbins - May 10, 2017 They Call Us Monsters goes behind the walls of the Compound, a high-security facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals. To their advocates, they're kids. To the system, they're adults....
Award-Winning Film THE BAD KIDS Premieres on PBS 3/20
by Caryn Robbins - February 21, 2017 Winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking,The Bad Kids premieres on Independent Lens Monday, March 20, 2017, 10:00-11:30 PM ET (check local listings) on PBS....
Documentary NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU to Premiere on PBS, 10/25
by Caryn Robbins - September 13, 2016 The first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, AMERICAN MASTERS --NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU, premieres nationwide Tuesday, October 25... 
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, THIS IS US Among 29th Annual GLAAD MEDIA AWARD Nominees; Full List
by Caryn Robbins - January 19, 2018 The nominations for the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were announced today. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and the issues that affect their lives.... 
PBS To Present Special Earth Day Themed Programming This April
by Macon Prickett - March 12, 2018 In conjunction with Earth Day on April 22, PBS stations will offer a selection of themed programming with topics ranging from agriculture to meteorology to climate change. Kicking off on Monday, April 16, at 10:00 p.m. ET, INDEPENDENT LENS investigates the disturbing chemical spill in West Virginia...
Sundance Institute Names First-Time Filmmakers for Directors Lab
by Tyler Peterson - May 05, 2016 Sundance Institute has selected eight first-time filmmakers for its signature Directors Lab, which helped launch the careers of award-winning filmmakers Cary Fukunaga, Dee Rees, Marielle Heller, Benh Zeitlin and Quentin Tarantino. Taking place May 30-June 23 in the mountains of Sundance Resort in Ut...
OJ: MADE IN AMERICA Among Winners of Peabody Documentary Awards; Full List
by Caryn Robbins - April 18, 2017 The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors revealed today 12 winners in the Documentary category for programs released in 2016.... 
Chasing Trane Opens INDEPENDENT LENS New Season on PBS This November
by Caryn Robbins - September 05, 2017 The award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS opens its new season on Monday, November 6 with Chasing Trane, John Scheinfeld's portrait of jazz great John Coltrane, featuring Denzel Washington speaking the words of Coltrane....
Sneak Peek - TOWER Premieres on INDEPENDENT LENS on PBS, Today
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2017 Directed by Keith Maitland, the film premieres on INDEPENDENT LENS Today, February 14, 2017, 10:00-11:30 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS....
FilmRise Acquires Sundance Documentary THE BAD KIDS
by Caryn Robbins - March 23, 2016 Film and television distributor FilmRise today announced that it has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the Sundance Film Festival documentary, THE BAD KDIS....
Filmrise Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Distribution Rights to SUPERGIRL
by Caryn Robbins - January 23, 2017 FilmRise on Friday announced its acquirement of the exclusive worldwide rights to SUPERGIRL. The film will screen at Slamdance 2017 tomorrow, Saturday, January 21st and Tuesday, January 24th.... 
Documentary DOLORES, About Activist Icon Dolores Huerta, on PBS/INDEPENDENT LENS March 27
by Macon Prickett - February 28, 2018 One of the most important, yet least known activists of our time, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farm workers union with César Chávez. Tirelessly leading the fight for racial and labor justice, Huerta evolved into one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century ...
PBS Announces Highlights of Black History Month Programming
by Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2017 To honor Black History Month, and as part of its commitment to celebrate the diversity of America year-round, PBS kicks off a new year with documentaries and specials that highlight the African-American experience...
Arts Alliance Luncheon to Honor James & Kay Mabie in June
by Tyler Peterson - May 04, 2016 The fourth annual Arts Alliance Illinois Voices of a Creative State benefit luncheon will take place Friday, June 10, 2016 at Fairmont Chicago (200 N. Columbus Dr.). The luncheon will feature a discussion highlighting the life-altering impact of the arts as a catalyst for social change, addressing u...
GREASE:LIVE Tops 2016 Creative Emmy Awards; Check Out Tonight's Full List of Winners!
by Caryn Robbins - September 11, 2016 The Television Academy tonight presented Part 2 of its two 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies for programs and individual achievements at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.... 
A.R.T. & Harvard Art Museums to Host Events Series Alongside WARHOLCAPOTE
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017 American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard Art Museums have partnered in conjunction with the A.R.T.'s production of WARHOLCAPOTE to present a series of events highlighting the contemporary legacies of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, including a unique encounter with Warhol screen-prints and a s... 
'Friends' & 'Grace And Frankie' Co-Creator And Producer Marta Kauffman To Be Honored At Big Sunday's 3rd Annual Gala
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2018 Leaders in entertainment, business, philanthropy, and the arts will gather at the 3rd Annual Big Sunday Gala on Thursday evening, March 8th to celebrate two distinguished honorees - Marta Kauffman and Kaiser Permanente. Big Sunday, one of the USA's foremost organizations connecting people through h...
Election Coverage, New & Returning Drama Series & Olympic-Themed Specials Set for PBS Summer Programming
by Caryn Robbins - April 28, 2016 The PBS summer schedule offers comprehensive election coverage, as well as specially themed programs around the 31st Olympiad in August 2016.... 
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Premieres on PBS, 1/1
by Caryn Robbins - December 14, 2017 Jennifer M. Kroot's THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN, winner of an Audience Award at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, premieres on Independent Lens, Monday, January 1, 2018, 10:30PM ET...
Fifth Annual PBS Online Film Festival to Include 25 Independent Short Films
by Caryn Robbins - July 01, 2016 PBS announced that the PBS Online Film Festival will return for a fifth year on July 11-29, 2016, and will feature 25 short-form independent films from a broad spectrum of public media stations and partners....
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Among Nominees for 26th Annual GOTHAM AWARDS; Full List
by Caryn Robbins - October 20, 2016 Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester By The Sea, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women, Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! and Jim Jarmusch's Paterson are among the IFP Gotham Awards nominees announced today.... 
PBS Announces Premiere Dates for LITTLE WOMEN with Angela Lansbury, Tony Bennett Tribute ft. Josh Groban & More
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2017 PBS today announced its Winter/Spring 2018 schedule lineup, which includes the much-anticipated second season of MASTERPIECE's hit series Victoria (Sundays, January 14-February 25),starring Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes and, this season, Dame Diana Rigg.... 
Sundance Film Festival: Juries, Awards Night Host Announced
by Tori Hartshorn - January 16, 2018 Sundance Film Festival: Juries, Awards Night Host Announced...
Award-Winning Film THE BAD KIDS Premieres on PBS 3/20
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2017 Winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking,The Bad Kids premieres on Independent Lens Monday, March 20, 2017, 10:00-11:30 PM ET (check local listings) on PBS....
Sundance Institute Sets Projects for Screenwriters Lab, Documentary Edit and Story Labs & New Theatre-Makers Residency
by Tyler Peterson - June 08, 2016 Sundance Institute has selected 25 projects to participate in its Screenwriters Lab, Documentary Edit and Story Labs and new Theatre-Makers Residency, which will take place concurrently this summer in the mountains of the Sundance Resort in Utah. The confluence of these three artist development prog... |
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