Independent Lens
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| Independent Lens | |
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| Genre | Documentary, Drama, Comedy |
| Presented by | Terrence Howard |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. 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 |
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| 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. 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. The current host is Terrence Howard.
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 and expand to 29 primetime episodes a year.[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).
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[edit] 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." 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"
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