June 6, 2018
"For somebody who went on television 50 years ago, and who's been dead for 15 years, I feel like it's the most contemporary subject I've ever worked
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January 16, 2018
When she was a teenager in the late '70s growing up in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suburbs, filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain was taken by her
January 8, 2018
Since American Experience debuted in October 1988, a guiding principle of the PBS series has been a belief that history matters. History can help us
September 15, 2017
Vietnam looms large in the American psyche. It was a war with no news blackouts or selectively embedded journalists, and it was discussed at the
August 21, 2017
An eye-opening documentary about restorative justice on the rez, Anne Makepeace's Tribal Justice should be required viewing for anyone involved in
April 14, 2017
True South By Jon Else Illustrated. 404 pages. Viking. $30. A corollary of the old adage, "You can't tell a book by its cover," may be, "You can tell
January 17, 2017
For the past several years, America has witnessed almost daily incidents of unarmed black men and women being killed by the police—and these
April 23, 2015
Independent Lens and POV to stay on Mondays at 10pm On the tail of a several-month, multi-city listening tour during which leaders from PBS, ITVS,
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What does the future hold for independent documentary films and public broadcasting? What can you do to impact the decisions and changes being made right now?
May 14, 2012
After a major victory was won at PBS, Doc U panelists discuss what's next for public broadcasting.