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Information
- Network:
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Season:
- 2009-20010
- Genre:
- Independent Film and Documentary, Public Media
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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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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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.
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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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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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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/betwe
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
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.
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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 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.
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.
