{"id":2311,"date":"2014-01-16T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T23:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2015-11-19T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:49:18","slug":"blood-brother-filmmakers-live-tweet-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/blood-brother-filmmakers-live-tweet-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Brother Filmmakers to Live-Tweet During Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blood-brother\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bloodbrotherposter_smaller.jpg\" alt=\"bloodbrotherposter_smaller\" width=\"360\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blood-brother\"><em>Blood Brother<\/em><\/a> has its broadcast television premiere on Monday, January 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