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the three women running for office, composite image for Represent
Announcements
September, 25, 2020

Independent Lens Fall Season Has 2020 Vision

Independent Lens in Announcements
Composite image of a vintage TV on a creek with a episode of Colombo playing on it
Lifestyle
September, 24, 2020

Comfort Viewing: What Filmmakers and Writers Are Watching to Get Through It

Independent Lens in Lifestyle
Marchers at a Black and Brown Unity rally in Chicago, June 2020. Photo by Mateo Zapata/Courtesy of Quiet Pictures.
Lists
September, 9, 2020

Honor Hispanic Heritage Month with Eight Unique Documentaries

Independent Lens in Lists
Beyond the Films
August, 27, 2020

The Science of Kindness: It’s Not Easy Being Nice

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Black and white photograph of a smiling woman using a wheelchair while her young son plays peek-a-boo in her lap.
July, 16, 2020

The Evolution of Disability in Film: After the Accolades, the Work Continues

Independent Lens
Black and white photo from 1965 showing John Lewis and many other civil rights protestors walking over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Film History
July, 10, 2020

“Your Vote Is Your Voice”: Best Films About Voting Rights

Sharon Knolle in Film History
A group of people with dark skin tone help to clean up a large pile of rubble.
Awards
June, 26, 2020

And the Winner of the 2019-2020 Audience Award is… (UPDATED)

Independent Lens in Awards
A man, with his back to the camera, plays a large pipe organ that reaches to the ceiling of a church.
Beyond the Films
June, 17, 2020

Six Unusual Instruments and How They Work

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
A close-up of a man with dark skin tone as he practices playing a pipe organ in a large church with tall, blue ceilings.
Behind the Films
June, 17, 2020

Young Musicians Play Ancient Instrument in the “Olympics of the Pipe Organ”

Independent Lens in Behind the Films
A young man with dark skin tone looks into the distance. He wears a nose ring and a red hoodie. Around his photograph are graphics of gold lines.
Announcements
June, 10, 2020

Hale County This Morning, This Evening Wins Peabody Award

Independent Lens in Announcements
A woman with medium skin tone poses with her son, also with medium skin tone, in a color photograph from the 70s or 80s. They are both dressed formally.
Behind the Films
June, 9, 2020

How Do You Sort Through 70,000 Videotapes?

Independent Lens in Behind the Films
Two people riding a motorbike on an empty road by the seaside on Rapa Nui.
Beyond the Films
May, 21, 2020

The Island, the Tourist, and the Pandemic

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films