Tag: Independent Lens

PBS ANNOUNCES WINTER/SPRING 2013 LINEUP

• December 30, 2012 • Comments (0)
PBS ANNOUNCES WINTER/SPRING 2013 LINEUP

  – Including Season 3 of MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey,” Season Two of Hit BBC Drama CALL THE MIDWIFE – – Previews of many highlighted shows available on PBS YouTube Channel– The Crawley family’s fate hangs in the balance when MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Downton Abbey, Season 3” returns in January. A bonanza of new dramas and [...]

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AARON SCHOCK’S AWARD-WINNING CIRCO, A POIGNANT LOOK AT A STRUGGLING, FAMILY-RUN CIRCUS IN RURAL MEXICO, PREMIERES ON INDEPENDENT LENS

• April 30, 2012 • Comments (0)
AARON SCHOCK’S AWARD-WINNING CIRCO, A POIGNANT LOOK AT A STRUGGLING, FAMILY-RUN CIRCUS IN RURAL MEXICO, PREMIERES ON INDEPENDENT LENS

    “CIRCO” AIRS THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 AT 10 PM (Check local listings) The Ponce Family’s Hardscrabble Circus Has Lived and Performed on the Back Roads of Mexico Since the 1800s. But Can Their Way of Life Survive into the 21st Century? Aaron Schock’s evocative Circo (Circus) intimately portrays the Ponce family’s Gran Circo [...]

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INDEPENDENT LENS TO AIR: BEING ELMO- A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY

• April 4, 2012 • Comments (0)
INDEPENDENT LENS TO AIR:  BEING ELMO- A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY

Airing April 5, 2012 on Independent Lens. (Check local listings)   Adored by people around the world, Elmo is an international icon. But few people know the inspiring story of his creator, Kevin Clash. As a kid growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Clash had a dream to be a puppeteer and work with [...]

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PBS ANNOUNCES WINTER/SPRING 2012 LINE-UP

• January 12, 2012 • Comments (0)
PBS ANNOUNCES WINTER/SPRING 2012 LINE-UP

Schedule includes CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and new miniseries FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. Season also features eagerly anticipated returns of “Downton Abbey” and “Sherlock” from MASTERPIECE PBS has announced highlights of its broadcast schedule for winter/spring 2012, including two just announced miniseries: CLINTON, a profile of the 42nd president, from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE [...]

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PBS CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

• September 7, 2010 • Comments (0)
PBS CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

From Cy Young Award winners to Grammy Award winners, PBS celebrates Hispanic Heritage 2010 with a strong slate of new and encore programming.

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“Whatever it Takes” to air on PBS’ Independent Lens

• March 24, 2010 • Comments (0)
“Whatever it Takes” to air on PBS’ Independent Lens

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PBS: This April on Independent Lens

• March 22, 2010 • Comments (0)
PBS: This April  on Independent Lens

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PBS’ Independent Lens Series to air “P-Star Rising” February 9, 2010

• February 1, 2010 • Comments (0)
PBS’ Independent Lens Series to air “P-Star Rising” February 9, 2010

(Check Local Listings) On Tuesday, February 9th (check local listings), the Emmy and Peabody-award winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Maggie Gyllenhaal, will air Gabriel Noble’s gritty, intimate, and moving P-STAR RISING, which tells the story of young Priscilla Star Diaz(a.k.a. P-Star),a talented young New York hip-hop performer who becomes the vehicle for her father’s [...]

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A PORTRAIT OF AN URBAN CONGREGATION IN TURMOIL, JAMES RUTENBECK’S SCENES FROM A PARISH

• December 8, 2009 • Comments (0)
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Host  Independent Lens

PREMIERES NATIONALLY ON THE PBS SERIES INDEPENDENT LENS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009 AT 10PM (San Francisco, CA)– In 2001, Paul O’Brien, an irreverent, young, Harvard-educated Catholic priest arrived in Lawrence, Massachusetts to take over the reins of Saint Patrick Parish.  A hundred years ago, Lawrence was a thriving mill town and Saint Patrick’s was home to [...]

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