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09/29/2008
Variety: OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTRO DESAPARECIDOS
[OUR DISAPPEARED] provides an apt study of the Argentine left's inept attempt at revolution... The pic is slated for the public network's Independent Lens in spring 2009.

09/23/2008
Los Angeles Times: Emmys Awarded for Stories on Iraq War
The news and documentary awards go to pieces that focus on intelligence, body armor and troops. Bob Schieffer, Ken Burns and the late Tim Russert are given lifetime achievement awards. PBS' Independent Lens won best documentary for its piece on composer Billy Strayhorn.

09/23/2008
Reuters: Emmy Awards
The war in Iraq may seem like it's mostly out of the headlines these days, but it was on the minds of the voters Monday night at the News and Documentary Emmys. PBS won 10 awards, including best documentary for the Independent Lens production BILLY STRAHORN: Lush Life.

09/23/2008
The Huffington Post: PBS Dominates News & Documentary Emmys
PBS' Independent Lens won best documentary for its piece on composer Billy Strayhorn.

09/22/2008
Variety: News, Documentary Emmys Winners
Pubcasting was the big winner at the 29th annual news and documentary Emmy Awards, taking a total of 10 wins... PBS' Independent Lens took best docu.

09/22/2008
Hollywood Reporter: War Stories Honored at News Emmys
PBS won 10 awards, including best documentary for the Independent Lens production, BILLY STRAHORN: Lush Life.

09/19/2008
Chicago Tribune: Film Trails Fermilab Scientists' Quest for Elusive Particle
Filmmakers Clayton Brown and Monica Ross spent four years following Fermilab scientists as they search for a crucial scrap of nature. THE ATOM SMASHERS is scheduled to air Nov. 25 on PBS.

09/19/2008
Reel Chicago: Fermilab's Doc is Like Sci-fi Only Better
[THE ATOM SMASHERS] couldn’t be any more timely, in the wake of the global sensation stirred by the activation of the CERN particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland...

09/17/2008
Los Angeles Times: Barney's Beanery Back in the Day
Part of the fun is seeing the grizzled stars of the L.A. art scene as macho young turks of THE COOL SCHOOL... The documentary includes some great old footage.

09/02/2008
Screen Africa: SA Feature-Length Docu to Premiere at Toronto Festival
[SEA POINT DAYS] paints a deeply reflective picture of old white South Africa in transition and the frictions of a society in flux.

09/02/2008
Kansas City Star: Hot off TVBarn.com
Clayton Brown, is one of three directors of THE ATOM SMASHERS, which PBS announced it will air Nov. 25 as part of its Independent Lens series.

09/02/2008
Symmetry Magazine: Film Chronicles Race Between Fermilab and CERN
A character-driven documentary highlights the cross-Atlantic competition pitting US-based Fermilab against Europe-based CERN...

09/02/2008
The Center for Social Media: Innovation in Focus, ITVS’ Digital Survey Report
Independent Television Service (ITVS), public broadcasting’s production entity for “innovative programming for underserved audiences,” has for years reliably offered filmmakers market information that helps them adapt to a changing marketplace.

08/29/2008
Black New Orleans (LA): Bobby Seale: The CHICAGO 10 Interview
Black Panther Founder Bobby Seale speaks about his enduring career and the upcoming animated docu-drama CHICAGO 10, premiering Oct. 22 on Independent Lens.

08/27/2008
The Kansas City Star: Ye Olde Local News and Notes Thingy
[THE ATOM] SMASHERS is quite a coup for [Clayton Brown's] budding film collaborative, but he's an interesting story unto himself.

08/25/2008
Honolulu Advertiser: NA KAMALEI: Men of Hula Film Honored
Lisette Flanary received the national Independent Lens Audience Award. The award is given to the film that receives the most audience votes at the end of each Independent Lens season.

08/19/2008
Los Angeles Times: IRAQI EXODUS: Wide Angle
IRAQI EXODUS, a first-rate look at one of the lesser-recognized problems associated with the war in Iraq: the flight of more than 2 million Iraqis from their homeland.

08/19/2008
Bloomberg TV: Night Talk
Interview with Aaron Brown, filmmaker of IRAQI EXODUS on Wide Angle.

08/19/2008
Gannett News Service: Wide Angle and P.O.V.
Wide Angle: IRAQI REFUGEES and P.O.V.: THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL, PBS. Two strong shows wrap up their seasons. Angle views the flood of refugees from Iraq. P.O.V. has the compelling story of a mild-mannered Chilean judge, a quiet conservative who was expected to ignore a probe of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.

08/15/2008
Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada): BELARUSIAN WALTZ: P.O.V.
BELARUSIAN WALTZ is an unvarnished depiction of the comedy of technocracy and the tragedy of complicity.

08/15/2008
Broadway World: Terrence Howard To Host GREY GARDENS Documentary
GREY GARDENS: From East Hampton to Broadway, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles that has already reached cult status, will air nationwide on PBS on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard.

08/14/2008
Box Office Magazine: Court Trial Doc is Impeccably Constructed
THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL is a strongly ethical, traditionally executed and soundly organized documentary... Four and one-half stars out of five.

08/12/2008
GQ Magazine (Blog): Not the Last Waltz (Hopefully)
If you've been wondering when you can finally see a documentary about protests in Belarus—and who hasn't?—you're in luck: PBS' BELARUSIAN WALTZ, premiering tonight [on P.O.V.], fits the bill.

08/12/2008
The Hartford Courant (CT): TV Eye
As an artist and provocateur, Alexander Pushkin probably would have stood out in any country, but he really does in the dictatorship of Belarus, where he regularly gets in trouble.

08/12/2008
Miami Herald: Old Soviets Never Die
Like those old Civil Defense shelters sometimes found hidden away in basements of buildings undergoing demolition, the nation of Belarus is a sad but perversely fascinating relic of the Cold War.

08/10/2008
Miami Herald: BELARUSIAN WALTZ: P.O.V.
This is why God gave us TiVo... Airing as an episode of the PBS series P.O.V., it examines the strange tale of the last dictatorship in Europe,

08/08/2008
PBS: NOW
NOW Host David Brancaccio speaks with Sabiha Sumar, filmmaker of DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: A Nation's Journey, premiering on Independent Lens on October 28, 2008.

08/08/2008
Los Angeles Times: Actor Howard Tackles New Role: Recording Artist
Racing through a day that segued from taping a segment of the PBS series Independent Lens to a video production meeting and then this interview, a subdued Howard revs back up when the subject switches from his jam-packed schedule to music.

07/30/2008
Pop Matters: ELECTION DAY: P.O.V.
Quietly and so very acutely, it shows the progress of Yamauchi’s campaign for City Council in Kawasaki, as it changes him and directs his future.

07/25/2008
Filmmaker Magazine: THE ORDER OF MYTHS Director Interview
Though she may appear to casual observers as simply a gifted young chronicler of Southern culture, Margaret Brown's talents extend beyond that.

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