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Healthy Soul Food Recipe Contest Winner!

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Maria Goodavage

Byron Hurt’s wonderful film Soul Food Junkies aired on Monday, and it was a big hit. We’ve heard from viewers around the world about how inspiring it was, and how they’ll be looking at making some changes in their diets. … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ Lucky? Enter the Soul Food Junkies Pin It to Win It Contest

Posted on January 8, 2013 by admin

Score an Independent Lens gift basket, including a collection of Independent Lens and Soul Food Junkies inspired cookbooks, by entering our #SoulFoodJunkies contest on Pinterest. How do we celebrate both the the premiere of Soul Food Junkies on January 14th … Continue reading →

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Enter Our Soul Food Recipe Contest for Your Claim to Culinary Fame!

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Maria Goodavage

Love to cook? Let us shine the culinary spotlight on you! Independent Lens is holding a fun contest for healthy and delicious soul food recipes. We all know soul food can do wonders for your soul. But it’s not always … Continue reading →

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Guess the Oscars with Independent Lens

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

It’s Academy Awards time again, and once more Independent Lens has a horse in this race! Our upcoming film Hell and Back Again, by Danfung Dennis, is one of the five nominees for Best Documentary Feature. Hell and Back Again … Continue reading →

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Ever Have a Teacher Who Changed Your Life?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Teachers — often overworked, frequently underappreciated, sometimes demonized, usually meagerly compensated. But all of us have had teachers who helped us grow up and make sense of the world, and to find our place in it. In honor of Teacher … Continue reading →

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Viewer Tracy Chiles McGhee is One Inspired Woman

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

During Women’s History Month, we aired a number of documentaries featuring incredibly smart, brave, and talented women including Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai) and Rose Mapendo (Pushing the Elephant). That got us … Continue reading →

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And the Artists Month Viewer Contest Winners Are ….

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Honestly, we are humbled and amazed by all of the artists who submitted their work to us for our Are You a Visionary? art contest in honor of our Artists Month slate of documentaries for April. Never in the history … Continue reading →

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Vote for Your Favorite Independent Lens Viewer Artist!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

OK, so we asked you to enter our “Are You a Visionary?” art contest, and boy, did you ever wow us with your talent. We never want Artists Month to end! In fact, we had originally planned to have only … Continue reading →

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Are You a Visionary? Enter Our Artists Month Contest

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

In celebration of Artists Month, we’re putting out a call for entries for 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: … Continue reading →

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Vote: The Top 10 Inspirational Women Nominees Are …

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

For Women’s History Month, Independent Lens featured several films about women and girls around the world, including Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai; Pushing the Elephant; and Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story. After those broadcasts, we asked our blog … Continue reading →

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