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January, 4, 2011

Men Who Swim

Independent Lens

Men Who Swim is a humorous and poignant look at a group of men of a certain age in Stockholm who have found unlikely fellowship as members of Sweden’s all-male synchronized swim team. What began as a weekly escape from…
November, 2, 2010

Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian

Independent Lens

Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes a look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema. Traveling through the heartland of America, and into the Canadian North, Diamond looks at how the myth…
Man sits in office surrounded by vintage transistor radios.
October, 26, 2010

Art & Copy

Independent Lens

You may thank (or curse) the creative people in Art & Copy for such familiarly evocative slogans as "Just Do It," "I ♥ NY," "Where's the Beef?" "Got Milk?" "Think Different," and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. Love…
A parking attendant reclines in his booth.
October, 19, 2010

The Parking Lot Movie

Independent Lens

The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consists of grad students,…
February, 9, 2010

P-Star Rising

Independent Lens

Rapper Priscilla Diaz was dazzling New York nightclub crowds at age nine. But chasing music stardom isn’t child’s play when you live in a shelter, your mom’s an addict, and your dad’s struggling to keep the family afloat.
January, 19, 2010

Copyright Criminals

Independent Lens

Long before people began posting their homemade video mashups on the Web, hip-hop musicians were perfecting the art of audio montage through sampling. Sampling — or riffing — is as old as music itself, but new technologies developed in the…
January, 12, 2010

Young@Heart

Independent Lens

The Young@Heart Chorus, a group composed of New England senior citizens, has delighted audiences worldwide with renditions of songs by artists from The Clash to Coldplay. Young@Heart chronicles seven weeks in the lives of the members of the chorus as…
December, 1, 2009

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

Independent Lens

From a man nearly destroyed by crime, drugs, and poverty to an admired media icon, Petey Greene defied labeling. With his patois of street talk, Bible citations, rhyming rap, and quotes from his grandmother, he was America’s original shock-jock.
November, 24, 2009

Objectified

Independent Lens

Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, Objectified documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives.
November, 17, 2009

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Independent Lens

Following their escape from communist Hungary in 1956, Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond would reinvent Hollywood moviemaking for an entire generation — and maintain an iron-clad friendship along the way.
November, 10, 2009

D tour

Independent Lens

Pat Spurgeon is a drummer with Rogue Wave, an indie rock band that’s toured the world and released several critically acclaimed albums. He’s passionate about his career as a professional musician, and he’s determined to not let anything stand in…
Herb and Dorothy Vogel sitting at the kitchen table in their apartment surrounded by art
October, 13, 2009

Herb & Dorothy

Independent Lens

He was a postal worker. She was a librarian. Together they amassed one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world. Herb & Dorothy tells the extraordinary tale of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a seemingly ordinary couple who filled…