Independent Lens (1999)
Independent Lens (1999)

Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently Independent Lens is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: PBS
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Cast & Crew.

Susan Sarandon

Alona Tal
Hannah Senesh (voice)

Roger Huynh
Lighting Technician

Terrence Howard
Self - Host

Edie Falco
Host

Peter Coyote

America Ferrera

Mary-Louise Parker
Self - Host

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Stanley Tucci

Safiya Fredericks
Actress

Marlene McCarty
Title Designer

Shadi Chauke
Narrator

James Carman
Director of Photography

Don Cheadle
Self - Host

Luke Geissbühler
Director of Photography

Andrew Droz Palermo
Director of Photography / Director

Kathleen Cleaver
Self

Ross Kauffman
Director of Photography

David A. Armstrong
Camera Operator / Cinematography

Karen O'Toole
Additional Still Photographer

Frank Lloyd
Thanks

Zumi Rosow
Thanks

Alex Gibney
Director / Producer / Writer

Byron Hurt
Director

Leslee Udwin
Director / Producer

Chris Tashima
Director / Writer

Sam Pollard
Director

Daniel Klein
Director

Charles Burnett
Director

Lizzie Gottlieb
Director

Marco Williams
Director

Carvin Eison
Director

Shalini Kantayya
Director

Ela Troyano
Director / Producer

Roger Ross Williams
Director

Geeta Patel
Director / Writer

Jackie Mow
Director

Kelsey Peterson
Director

Senain Kheshgi
Director / Writer

Debra Granik
Director

Lucy Walker
Director

Sharmila Ariathurai
Editor

Josh Cramer
Editor

Brian A. Kates
Editor

Billy McMillin
Editor

Lois Vossen
Producer / Writer

Connie Field
Producer

Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer

Craig Harris
Supervising Producer

Michael Kinomoto
Associate Producer

Jen Kaczor
Producer

Chris Christopher
Producer

Archer Neilson
Production Manager

Ingrid Rojas
Associate Producer

Alberto Orso
Associate Producer
Media.


















Details.
Release DateAugust 9, 1999
StatusReturning Series
Seasons26
Episodes523
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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Wiki.
Independent Lens is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, America Ferrera, Mary-Louise Parker, and Stanley Tucci, who served two stints as host from 2012-2014.
The series began in 1999 and for three years aired 10 episodes each fall season. In 2002, PBS announced that in 2003 the series would relaunch with ITVS as the production company, under the leadership of Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen, and would expand to 29 primetime episodes a year. The 2019-20 season is regarded as the 18th season for the series.
Independent Lens has won six Primetime Emmy Awards and 20 films have won News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In 2012, "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?" won for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking; 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. Three other films won for Best Documentary: Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life in 2008, Be Good, Smile Pretty in 2004, and Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle in 2000. Four Independent Lens films won News & Documentary Emmys in 2017 alone: The Armor of Light; (T)error; Best of Enemies; and In Football We Trust. As well, seven Independent Lens films garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2006), The Weather Underground (2004), Waste Land (2010), Hell and Back Again (2011), How to Survive a Plague (2012), I Am Not Your Negro (2016), and Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018). Other awards conferred upon Independent Lens films include the George Foster Peabody Award, International Documentary Association Documentary Awards, Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, and Sundance Film Festival Awards.
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