| Independent Lens | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary, Drama, Comedy |
| Presented by | Terrence Howard |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Actor, and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 173 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Sally Jo Fifer |
| Producer(s) | Lois Vossen |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | August 9, 1999 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| Production website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Airing weekly on PBS through ITVS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens introduces new drama and documentary films made by independent filmmakers. This is a list of films from the Independent Lens series on PBS. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Independent Television Service (ITVS is a service in the United States which funds and presents award-winning documentaries and dramas on Public television, innovative Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Independent Lens films vary in length from four-minute comic shorts and half-hour experimental pieces to hour-long dramas and feature-length documentaries. Past seasons of Independent Lens have been presented by hosts Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, and Edie Falco. Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16 1958 is an Emmy - and Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning African- American Actress Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. Edith "Edie" Falco ( born July 5, 1963) is a three-time Emmy award-winning American television film and stage actress, known The current host is Terrence Howard. Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Actor, and
The series began in 1999 and for three years aired 10 episodes each fall season. The year 1999 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1999. In 2002, PBS announced that in 2003 the series would relaunch and expand to 29 primetime episodes a year. The year 2002 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2002. The year 2003 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2003. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland [1] With the relaunch of the series, now curated by ITVS, the season count had reset and so what would otherwise have been the fourth season was now being referred to as the first. [2] Despite this change, episodes were still being numbered with respect to the first three seasons.
Independent Lens has won four Emmy Awards. In 2007, A Lion in the House won for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking, and A Lion's Trail won in 2006 for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming. Two other films won for Best Documentary: Be Good, Smile Pretty in 2004, and Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle in 2000. As well, two Independent Lens films garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2006) and The Weather Underground (2004). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Enron The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 Documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune The Weather Underground is a 2002 Documentary film based on the rise and fall of the American radical organization The Weathermen
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Episode listing
The Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival
In 2006, the series launched the first Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival with what Yahoo! Picks called a "lineup of quirky, charming, and sometimes nervy films. This is a list of films from the Independent Lens series on PBS. " Independent filmmakers were invited to submit short films, ten minutes or less in length. Ten films were chosen, including two grand-prize winners that premiered on the television series. All films are streamed on the PBS website.
Grand-prize winners: "Paris, 1951" and "Someday Flowers Bloom"
Jury prize: "Homeless Karaoke"
Online winners: "Afloat", "Chickens in the City", "Devil's Teeth", "La Fe'e Rouge", "Leonard & the Mountain", "The McCombie Way", and "The Preacher and the Poet"
See also
References
- ^ 'Independent Lens' From ITVS Re-Launches; Expands to 29 Weeks (2002-07-26). POV ("point of view" is a PBS television series which features independent nonfiction films Wide Angle is an American documentary television series produced by Thirteen/ WNET New York for broadcast on PBS and for worldwide See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Archived from the original on 2002-08-03. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
- ^ Oscar-Nominated Actress To Do On-Air Introductions Of The First Season, Featuring 14 Diverse New Documentaries (2002-12-13). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Archived from the original on 2003-02-19. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum
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