By Katrina Schwartz Driving kids home from practice, taking them to visit colleges, running and lifting weights with them out of season, answering the phone in the middle of the night when something has gone wrong — these are just a few of the many roles sports coaches take on for their players. The player/coach …
Kick It with the 9 Most Unforgettable Soccer Commercials
As far as I’m concerned, soccer is a year-round sport. I can find a footie game on the telly from somewhere in the world anytime I want, but the World Cup is the every-four-year event that makes even superficial fans take a keen interest. This year’s World Cup is happening in Russia, and although my …
Israeli Soccer Club Crests and Logos
By Kevin Koczwara Soccer is a global game that brings people together, or so we’re told. Kids across the world pick up the game, playing in fields, on side streets, empty lots or in some cases docked barges or refugee camps. It’s a game that can unite people. It can bring about a democratic revolution …
Esta Soler Imagines a Future Without Domestic Violence
Esta Soler, founder of Futures Without Violence, one of the world’s leading domestic violence prevention agencies, spoke with us about the issue in conjunction with the final episode of A Path Appears, which investigates violence against women in the United States and abroad.
March Madness: Best Basketball Films
Looking back at the 2014 broadcast television premiere of Independent Lens‘ Medora, not to mention that we’re in the midst of NCAA basketball “March Madness,” we have the sport of James Naismith firmly on our minds. While Medora is about much, much more than high school basketball — “The film transcends the underdog sports doc,” wrote John Fink in The Film …
The Trials of Muhammad Ali, in Theaters
The ITVS-funded The Trials of Muhammad Ali will have its television premiere on Independent Lens in the coming Spring, but we’re very pleased to see it receiving a much-deserved theatrical rollout across these United States. Bill Siegel’s film covers the famed boxer’s toughest bout of all: his battle to overturn the five-year prison sentence he …
Bonus Episode of Have You Heard From Johannesburg Online this Week
Have You Heard From Johannesburg had its three-week run on Independent Lens this month, and it seems to have resonated with our audience. So we’re happy to announce that a special bonus episode that we didn’t have the time to air is now available from PBS Video for this week. Entitled Fair Play, this episode …