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Dolores Huerta, with Cesar Chavez, in public speech from the 60s, in a film strip image
Beyond the Films
March, 21, 2018

Screenwriter Josefina López on how Dolores Huerta is the Mother of Inspiration

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Dolores Huerta, black and white photo, from "Dolores"
Interviews
March, 13, 2018

Peter Bratt Feels the Calling to Tell Dolores Huerta’s Story

Independent Lens in Interviews
Dolores Huerta at a press conference, as seen in the movie Dolores
Independent Film
March, 7, 2018

From Jane to Dolores, Agnès to Elsa, Documentaries on Unheralded Women Who Made History

Sharon Knolle in Independent Film
Rat in trash can
February, 26, 2018

Rat Film – “Rats Put Food on My Table” – Clip

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Interviews
February, 21, 2018

Filmmaker Theo Anthony’s Ratty Exploration of Urban Segregation

Independent Lens in Interviews
Group of children outside of school with books in hand looks colonial
February, 19, 2018

Tell Them We Are Rising – Separate But Unequal

Independent Lens
Musician/Composer Dan Deacon performing; photo by Adam Boaz
Beyond the Films
February, 16, 2018

10 Questions with “Rat Film” Composer Dan Deacon: On Baltimore, Rats, Player Pianos and Theremins

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
An HBCU student tears up at his graduation, from Tell Them We Are Rising
Beyond the Films
February, 14, 2018

HBCU Grads Share Their Stories of Campus Life

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Wooden Figure Lying On Floor Watching Television, By Andrey_Popov, via Shutterstock
Lists
February, 12, 2018

Beyond Romance: Searching for the Meaning of Love on Screen

Independent Lens in Lists
Miriam Makeba (r) with Dizzy Gillespie in France 1991
Beyond the Films
January, 30, 2018

For “Winnie”: Anti-Apartheid Songs of Protest

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Winnie Mandela in a press conference, late 80s
Interviews
January, 29, 2018

“Winnie” Filmmaker Gives a New Perspective on Anti-Apartheid Activist Winnie Mandela

Independent Lens in Interviews
Tell Them We Are Rising filmmakers Marco Williams and Stanley Nelson (l-r)
Interviews
January, 26, 2018

Filmmakers Marco Williams and Stanley Nelson Tell an Essential Chapter of American History in Story of HBCUs

Independent Lens in Interviews