A Town Called Victoria
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Interviews
June 20, 2023
Free Mom Hugs: How Mama Bears Spread Radical Love
Independent Lens in Behind the Films
By Alex Stergiou [pullquote] "These women don't go from being conservative to allies because of other people. They go because they have skin in the game. They transform. Love is…...
Spice Road
Contests
June 05, 2023
Celebrate Armistead Maupin for Pride and Win a Copy of “Logical Family: A Memoir”
Independent Lens in Contests
If you are a fan of the Tales of the City series and the Independent Lens documentary Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, celebrate Armistead Maupin's wonderful life and career, and…...
Beyond the Films
May 26, 2023
From True Believer to The Help, How the White Gaze Has Shown Hollywood’s Shortsightedness
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
An Essay by Dana Verde [Sources and further reading listed at the end] They say hindsight is 20/20 and, historically, stories about real BIPOC characters in both mainstream film and…...
Interviews
May 04, 2023
Home Movies and Heartbreak: Brothers Bond Over Decades of Filmmaking
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Brian Darr Sam Now is filled with the unexpected twists and turns of a family undergoing great upheaval, filmed over the course of a quarter-century by one of its…...
Interviews
March 27, 2023
Telling the Story of Keeping the Secret Nüshu Language Alive
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
"Besides a well, one does not thirst. Besides a sister, one does not despair." — Nüshu poem Inspired by a bestselling book that featured Nüshu, filmmaker Violet Du Feng was…...
Interviews
February 23, 2023
How Vancouver Finds Hope and Love Amid Fentanyl Crisis
Independent Lens in Behind the Films
By Ivonne Spinoza One of the more horrible legacies we are left with from the war on drugs is the lack of compassion toward those who struggle with addiction.…...
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February 23, 2023
6 Documentaries About the Black Experience
Independent Lens in Independent Film
Add these Independent Lens docs to your must-watch list. The Big Payback Directed by Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow Outta The Muck Directed by Ira McKinley and Bhawin Suchak The Picture…...
Interviews
February 15, 2023
Beyond Football: Pahokee, Florida’s History of Black Resilience
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
This community and the surrounding area around the southern shores of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, has a rich history, but the people of Pahokee's past has often been skipped over, even…...
Interviews
January 17, 2023
From Podcast to Doc: Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow on Their Reparation Collaboration
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Will the burden to make restitution for Black Americans ever be addressed, or is it too late for a reparations movement to finally happen? That question is at the center…...