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Network:
Public Broadcasting Service
Season:
2009-20010
Genre:
Independent Film and Documentary, Public Media
 
Community Cinema

Community Cinema  Warm winter greetings and Happy New Year from ITVS - Independent Television Service who present Independent Lens | PBS and Community Cinema! Click the link to view our 2009/2010 holiday e-card.

December 23 at 12:38am
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Independent Lens | PBS HERSKOVITS AT THE HEART OF BLACKNESS
by Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers and Vincent Brown

Who has the authority to define your identity? Considered one of the most controversial scholars of our time, Melville Herskovits — a Jewish anthropologist — challenged the norm in the 1940s when he wrote that black cultur...e wasn’t pathological, it was African. Leading a seismic shift in the way African American culture is understood, Herskovits’s work raises ideas that still challenge us today.

Broadcast premiere February 2, 2010 on PBS

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Basma
Basma
there best be something said about the native americans and "blackness". if it were not for many native americans, many of us all would not be here now.
December 23 at 5:07am
Harjit
Harjit
hm...
interesting.
Thu at 8:48am
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Independent Lens | PBS NY Times top ten TV programs of 2009 mentions Independent Lens among the best TV of the year! Sweet :)

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Here’s a list of 10 things I enjoyed watching in 2009 with a hefty postscript of honorable mentions to acknowledge that most television exists within a fairly narrow range of quality.
La
La
So true, so true!
December 21 at 1:04pm
Kristi Highum
December 21 at 2:37pm
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Independent Lens | PBS P-STAR RISING
by Gabriel Noble

What did you want to be when you grew up? Nine-year-old Priscilla wants to become the youngest female rap star ever. With her single father turned manager, Priscilla travels from Harlem street corners to sold out shows around the world––eventually landing a record deal and starring role on ...PBS’s The Electric Company. But the road to stardom means figuring out who to trust while hanging around people twice her size and four times her age. For Priscilla, otherwise known as P-Star, the ride has just begun.

Broadcast premiere February 9, 2010 on PBS

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Anthony
Anthony
I saw her a few years ago on some talk show. Her story is really interesting.
December 22 at 2:26pm
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Independent Lens | PBS 2010 Winter/Spring Line-Up Kicks Off With Four Acclaimed Music Documentaries

We're turning up the volume with four acclaimed films exploring music, starting with a group of rocking seniors in YOUNG@HEART; Take an inside Look at the world of music sampling with COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS; Follows a 9-Year-Old Rapper's Rise to ...Fame in P-STAR RISING; and revisit Byron Hurt’s seminal HIP HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Catch them all!

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Gika Rector
Gika Rector
Young at Heart was really great. Now I'm eager to see the full length version. It's also fun to hear the panels after the Independent Lens screenings. And, of course, a few great comments from the audience as well. Go, Dr. G.!
December 16 at 9:25pm
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Independent Lens | PBS BETWEEN THE FOLDS | Match the Folds | Interactive Feature

Can you spot the patterns within the patterns? Every finished origami object begins as a line or series of lines on a single plane. Try your eye at matching the fold pattern with the final product.

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http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/match-the-folds.html

Community Cinema

Community Cinema  San Francisco, Oakland and surrounding communities! this is your week to sneak a peek at YOUNG@HEART before its national PBS TV premiere in January on Independent Lens | PBS . All our events are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

SF: Tuesday, December 15; Doors Open @ 5:15 PM; Screening @ 5:45 PM. Screeni...ng will be followed by a performance by special guest, jazz artist, Margie Baker. Join us at the San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium 100 Larkin Street

Oakland: Thursday, December 17; Light Reception @ 6:00pm; Screening @ 6:30pm. Screening will be followed by a performance by special guest, jazz & blues musician,Craig Horton. Join us at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 2nd floor of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland's Chinatown. 388 Ninth Street, Second Floor, Suite 290 (between Franklin and Webster)

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Presented by ITVS, KQED, The San Francisco Public Library, HandsOn Bay Area, Access SF, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, The Oakland Film Office, HandsOn Bay Area, and DEAF Media.
December 14 at 1:38pm
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Independent Lens | PBS Educators: Independent Lens HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes lesson plan examines representations of manhood and sexism in hip-hop culture. Grades 9-12K.

View video modules and download educational materials >>
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/classroom/hiphop.html

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is a groundbreaking 60-minute documentary that examines representations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. It is a “loving critique” of certain disturbing developments ...
Community Cinema

Community Cinema  Last month's Community Cinema hit documentary BETWEEN THE FOLDS continues to air on Independent Lens | PBS in the next few weeks. We can't get folding off our minds and are beginning to really understand the dedication and focus of the folks featured in the film. Here's another example of extreme folding inspired by origami with real-world applications.

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Toxel.com - Design, Inspiration and Technology Blog
December 12 at 6:20pm
RECENT ACTIVITY
Independent Lens | PBS discussed Music Sampling & Copyright Law on the Independent Lens | PBS discussion board.
Independent Lens | PBS discussed Music Sampling & Copyright Law on the Independent Lens | PBS discussion board.
Independent Lens | PBS discussed Music Sampling & Copyright Law on the Independent Lens | PBS discussion board.
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Independent Lens | PBS Can you own a sound? As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began reusing parts of previously recorded music for their songs. But when record company lawyers got involved everything changed. Years before people started downloadi...ng and remixing music, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change that still rages today.

Broadcast premiere January 19, 2010 on PBS

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Lisa
Lisa
according to their website, this airs in January
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals/
December 11 at 11:34am