{"id":13693,"date":"2016-08-15T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=13693"},"modified":"2016-09-28T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T20:57:59","slug":"independent-lens-audience-award-survey","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/independent-lens-audience-award-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Lens Audience Award Survey!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/AudienceAward_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Independent Lens Audience Award 2016 Vote graphic\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/AudienceAward_600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/AudienceAward_600x400-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<p>Vote now for your own personal favorite from the just-concluded 2015-2016 season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/\"><em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/a>. The voting period will run through <strong>5 pm PT Monday, August 29<\/strong>. There were 21 films in this season that lasted from October through August, so a lot to choose from. But if you could pick just one favorite film to take with you to a desert island, which would it be?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Using the <\/em>Pocial<em> survey tool, <strong>scroll down to see all 21 films<\/strong>, by grabbing the scrollbar center-right, or mousing over the survey until it appears.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2015-2016 Independent Lens Audience Award poll:<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Voting has now closed! Thanks to everyone who voted.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/trapped\/\"><strong>Trapped<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, the <strong>winner of the 2016\u00a0Independent Lens Audience Award<\/strong>! <em>Trapped<\/em>, directed by Dawn Porter, was an important and timely film and developed a huge following which helped it grab the win, with many other deserving films right behind. Congrats to the team and thanks again to all.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRAPPED Trailer | Independent Lens | PBS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lXp3TAQGAI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote now for your own personal favorite from the just-concluded 2015-2016 season of Independent Lens. The voting period will run through 5 pm PT Monday, August 29. There were 21 films in this season that lasted from October through August, so a lot to choose from. 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