Community Cinema is a national civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Every month in 100+ cities, community members come together to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time.
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We are pleased to report that PBS, ITVS, and POV have emerged from months of conversation to confirm a new Monday nights at 10 PM broadcast slot for Independent Lens and POV. The new time slot reaffirms that independent filmmakers and public broadcasting together steward an essential mission: to present diverse, independent voices that are essential to our democracy.
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Sgt. Nathan Harris and Ashley Harris made a special appearance at Tampa’s WEDU screening of Hell and Back Again. Audience members ranged from representatives of veteran organizations to local PTSD experts, and citizens dedicated to support veteran related events.
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Mark Siegel, co-producer of the documentary Bhutto, discusses his relationship with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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Audience members came from all over Los Angeles County to see the preview screening of Revenge of the Electric Car, and they were not disappointed by the event. Audience members gave the film two rounds of applause before the panelists took the stage.
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The Chicago Community Cinema screening of More Than A Month at the Chicago Cultural Center was presented by WTTW Channel 11 and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). The event was a collaboration between two youth leadership development programs: Chicago Freedom School (CFS), founded partly to celebrate the original Freedom Schools in Mississippi and the KI Eco Center.
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