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Fred Rogers Celebrated in Won’t You Be My Neighbor? on HBO and PBS
“Love is at the root of everything–all learning, all parenting, all relationships–love or the lack of it.”—Fred Rogers. Love your neighbor. Love yourself. It sounds easy; but, as we all know, it isn’t. No one knew that better than Fred … Continue reading
Celebrating Black History Month on HBO and PBS
As Black History Month draws to a close, what better day than Presidents’ Day 2018 to shine a light on African-Americans who’ve defied cultural, economic, sexist and, most especially, racist roadblocks in pursuit of higher education. Tonight, Monday, February 19, … Continue reading
Transgender Teen Speaks Out as a Real Boy on PBS
“I am literally a boy with the wrong body parts,” remarks 19-year-old Bennett in the hour-long documentary, Real Boy. Feeling comfortable in one’s skin is never easy, especially during adolescence. But for someone like Bennett aka Ben aka Rachael, the roadblocks … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music, TV
Tagged Adolescence, Grief, Independent Lens, Joe Stevens, PBS, Real Boy, Sexuality, Shaleece Haas, Transgender Teen
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Tower Debuts on PBS and Revisits Austin Massacre
“If I could see the top of the tower, then the sniper could see me,” says Ray Martinez, former Austin, Texas, patrolman, as he recalls the chain of events that thrust him into the line of fire during America’s first mass … Continue reading
Touching Take on Twin Sisters Debuts on PBS
It’s not every day that you get to see the work of a Norwegian documentary filmmaker on American TV, but tonight I encourage you to jump at the chance to catch the U.S. broadcast premiere of Twin Sisters on Independent Lens (PBS, Monday, October 20, 2014, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Adoption, China, Chinese Americans, Family Relationships, Independent Lens, Mona Friis Bertheussen, Norway, Norwegian Cinema, PBS, Twin Sisters, Twins, Women's Issues
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The Invisible War Debuts Monday Night on PBS
Tomorrow night, the PBS series Independent Lens will host the broadcast premiere of a documentary I first covered during its theatrical release last summer (FrontRowCenter, July 2012). Given the horrifying jump in sexual assaults in the military (current statistics were released by the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Amy Ziering, Independent Lens, Kirby Dick, Rape, Sexual Assault, The Invisible War, U.S. Military, Women's Issues
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The House I Live In Needs Repair
There are no easy answers to why America’s so-called “war on drugs” has been a failure, but filmmaker Eugene Jarecki’s new documentary, The House I Live In, raises enough pertinent questions and points enough fingers to fill half-a-dozen films. As a result, … Continue reading
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