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11/20/2009
Inside Thirteen (NY): Q&A: Gary Hustwit, Director of “Objectified”
OBJECTIFIED director Gary Hustwit answers questions about the film.

11/19/2009
Current: Two PBS Docs Advance in Oscar Race
Two pubTV films are on the short list for Documentary Feature Academy Award nominations, PBS says. Both docs, Food, Inc. on POV and GARBAGE DREAMS on Independent Lens, will air next year.

11/18/2009
Entertainment Weekly: The Movie Critics Blog: '70s Behind-the-Camera Greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the Cinema in Cinematography
Like anyone else immersed in the classic American movies of that time (and, really, who isn’t?), I knew who these two men were, understood a few things about their art, and had a dim awareness of the fact (coincidence — or something more?) that they were both Hungarian émigrés. I was amazed, though, at how much I didn’t know.

11/16/2009
Southern California Public Radio: AirTalk: NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: The Cinematography of László and Vilmos
AirTalk host Larry Mantle speaks with acclaimed cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and filmmaker James Chressanthis about the Independent Lens program NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: László and Vilmos.

11/15/2009
New York Times: Filming a Friendship, Founded on Film
[The film is] about a friendship between men who shared certain unusual, difficult experiences, and how those experiences shaped their art.

11/15/2009
Los Angeles Times: László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond: Fade in on a Friendship
It's a tale of friendship and survival that has become legend in Hollywood.

11/10/2009
New Hampshire Public Radio: Word of Mouth: THE WAY WE GET BY
Filmmaker Aron Gaudet discusses his documentary THE WAY WE GET BY, the award-winning film follows three senior citizens who have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. Aron is joined with his mother, Joan Gaudet, a troop greeter who is featured in the film.

11/10/2009
Antimusic: Rogue Wave's Pat Spurgeon takes a D TOUR to TV this Week
Combining a band road trip with a personal quest for an organ donor, the film follows the journey of Pat Spurgeon of Rogue Wave, whose life becomes consumed with the care and feeding of his failing kidney.

11/09/2009
Salon: Fort Hood, Written on the Body
A revealing documentary on the lives of soldiers at the Army base goes more than skin deep.

11/08/2009
Fox: Fox & Friends: THE WAY WE GET BY
Aron Gaudet, the director of THE WAY WE GET BY and one of the Maine Troop greeters, Jerry Mundy are interviewed on the Fox program, Fox & Friends.

11/06/2009
Make Magazine: Online: The Intersection of Arts and Science: BETWEEN THE FOLDS
For folks interested in the intersection of arts and science, the PBS series Independent Lens is presenting a fascinating in-depth look into origami titled BETWEEN THE FOLDS.

11/04/2009
Valley Advocate (MA): Behind the Beat: COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
An interview with COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS producer, Kembrew McLeod.

11/03/2009
Current: 200,000 Eyes and Counting ITVS Brings Fresh Docs and Hot Popcorn [PDF]
In cities as major as New York and as minor as Pocatello, Idaho, thousands turn out each month for the free screenings, which ... work to connect public stations to residents and other civic-minded nonprofits.

11/03/2009
New Hampshire Public Radio: Word of Mouth: POWER PATHS
An audio interview with Steve Michelson, executive producer of POWER PATHS.

11/02/2009
Indian Gaming Magazine: POWER PATHS to Air Nationally on the PBS Series Independent Lens [PDF]
From the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains in the Midwest to the Navajo and Hopi of the Southwest, tribes are fighting to protect their land, air, and water from the harmful impacts of mining and coal burning and lead the nation in transitioning to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.

11/02/2009
California Chronicle: Opinion: Outside Audiences Embrace Film: Monday Musings
Reaction to the debut of BUTTE AMERICA on the national stage has been overwhelmingly positive. Since the documentary started airing on public television around the country (724 air dates on 362 channels), director Pam Roberts has been getting between five and eight e-mails a day, many from people with Butte connections, saying how much they appreciated it and sharing their personal stories of Butte.

11/02/2009
The Commons (NH): BMAC Screens Indie Film on the Science and Art of Paper-Folding
BETWEEN THE FOLDS is being shown as part of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's (BMAC) new Community Cinema program, which features documentary films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens.

11/02/2009
CNN: THE WAY WE GET BY
A new documentary film profiles senior citizens who greet U.S. troops as they pass through Bangor Intl. Airport. The film will air on POV this Veteran's Day.

10/26/2009
The Week: Guide to What's Worth Watching [PDF]
An especially colorful episode of Independent Lens travels to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India—a city teeming with pickpockets—to present a portrait of a young thief every bit as engaging as Charles Dickens' Artful Dodger.

10/22/2009
New American Media: Coal on Tribal Lands - A Faustian Bargain?
An audio interview with Bo Boudart, director of POWER PATHS.

10/21/2009
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Catching COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
Yesterday’s screening of COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, a documentary produced by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrow McLeod, analyzed ... music “sampling” — the act of taking a portion of one recording and reusing it in a different song.

10/19/2009
CBS Montana's News Station: BUTTE, AMERICA Debuts in Billings
After a decade of gathering information, filming, and writing, BUTTE AMERICA: The Saga of a Hard Rock Mining Town, is ready for audiences.

10/16/2009
J Weekly: American Spotlight Belatedly Shines on ‘Blessed’ Heroine
...Roberta Grossman’s beautifully made BLESSED IS THE MATCH: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh. The documentary won audience awards at numerous Jewish film festivals and a spot on the shortlist for the Academy Award for best documentary feature (though it ultimately didn’t receive a nomination). It also is slated to air next April on PBS.

10/16/2009
NUVO Newsweekly: Jim Granato's D TOUR
This wasn’t the movie Jim Granato planned to make. When he started filming D TOUR in March 2006, Granato expected to tell the story of former Indiana drummer Pat Spurgeon and his dual quest for rock stardom and a new kidney.

10/15/2009
Montana Standard: BUTTE, AMERICA Set for National Release
Butte's day on the national stage has been set. The documentary BUTTE, AMERICA will debut nationally on PBS Tuesday, Oct. 20.

10/14/2009
Remotely Connected (PBS Blog): HERB & DOROTHY
Let's be honest: these people do not look like rock stars. And yet: in the art world, Herb and Dorothy -- he, a retired postal worker, and she, a librarian -- are rock stars in the extreme.

10/13/2009
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: TV News: Maggie Gyllenhaal Hosts PBS Documentary Series
The Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens will have actress Maggie Gyllenhaal host the upcoming 2009-10 season, making her debut when the series premieres at 10 p.m. today.

10/13/2009
The New York Times: What's On This Week: HERB & DOROTHY
Herb Vogel was a high school dropout and postal clerk; his wife, Dorothy, was a librarian. Beginning in the 1960s, they devoted all of Mr. Vogel’s salary to buying art — while living solely on Ms. Vogel’s paycheck — guided by two criteria: the work had to be affordable and small enough to fit into their one-bedroom New York apartment.

10/13/2009
PBS NewsHour Blog: HERB & DOROTHY, a Love Story About Art, Opens New Season of Independent Lens
Correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Megum Sasaki, the director and producer of HERB & DOROTHY. [TRT: 7 minutes].

10/13/2009
The Week: Guide to What's Worth Watching [PDF]
Pick of the week: Independent Lens: HERB & DOROTHY.

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