The Award-winning PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” has released its spring slate of documentary films, which will begin debuting on April 24. This season’s films will highlight a myriad of marginalized communities and current affairs by documenting both personal and important stories from around the world.
First to debut is documentary film “Free Chol Soo Lee” from filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi. The Sundance favorite uses archival material to travel back to 1970’s San Francisco and tell the story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and the Asian American activist movement that sought to free him.
Following is Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green’s film “Matter of Mind: My Als”, which will premiere May 1. The documentary tells the story of three people in the U.S. living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Reed Harkness’s film “Sam Now” premieres May 8, and shares the...
First to debut is documentary film “Free Chol Soo Lee” from filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi. The Sundance favorite uses archival material to travel back to 1970’s San Francisco and tell the story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and the Asian American activist movement that sought to free him.
Following is Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green’s film “Matter of Mind: My Als”, which will premiere May 1. The documentary tells the story of three people in the U.S. living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Reed Harkness’s film “Sam Now” premieres May 8, and shares the...
- 3/30/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Strong and proud as it is, the Lgbtq community’s fight for equality needs allies — from loving and accepting families to galvanized colleagues and
corporations to the movie star you’ve never met calling for boycotts of a homophobic nation-state. Several of those queer supporters in Hollywood and music used the megaphones of social media, public protest and even the Oscar campaign circuit to advocate for human rights.
Here are some notables from the past year.
George Clooney
George Clooney is no stranger to activism, which has earned him near sainthood status in Hollywood and derision from right-wingers as the embodiment of a “limousine liberal.” But the star’s words and deeds are one and the same, such as lending his talents and support to the staging in 2012 of Dustin Lance Black’s play “8” in 2012, a look at the legal battle to overturn California’s gay marriage ban. This April,...
corporations to the movie star you’ve never met calling for boycotts of a homophobic nation-state. Several of those queer supporters in Hollywood and music used the megaphones of social media, public protest and even the Oscar campaign circuit to advocate for human rights.
Here are some notables from the past year.
George Clooney
George Clooney is no stranger to activism, which has earned him near sainthood status in Hollywood and derision from right-wingers as the embodiment of a “limousine liberal.” But the star’s words and deeds are one and the same, such as lending his talents and support to the staging in 2012 of Dustin Lance Black’s play “8” in 2012, a look at the legal battle to overturn California’s gay marriage ban. This April,...
- 6/20/2019
- by Matt Donnelly and Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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