Resources from Community Classroom

CHICAGO 10 video modules available on the PBS Web site.

Lesson plans and video modules for CHICAGO 10 will be available October 20 on the Independent Lens Web site on PBS.org. These free resources, designed using national standards, round out the election edition of Community Classroom, which includes video modules for IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA and PLEASE VOTE FOR ME and additional curricula on elections, women in political leadership and democracy around the world.

This edition of Community Classroom supports ITVS’s national community engagement campaign, VOTE DEMOCRACY!, and will feature Community Cinema screenings of CHICAGO 10, voter registration activities and video talkback from citizens across the nation.

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Inside Indies: Inside Filmmaking

Native American poet and activist John Trudell.

What inspires indie filmmakers to persevere?

Heather Rae who spent 13 years making TRUDELL, a film about Native American poet and activist John Trudell, talks about her desire to share Native stories and the challenges of filmmaking on a shoestring. Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson, filmmakers of PAUL CONRAD: Drawing Fire, which explores one of the most distinguished editorial cartoonists in the world, discuss the challenges of condensing Conrad’s five-decade-long career into one hour and how they made static, black-and-white images come to life. And Brad Lichtenstein and Lisa Gildehaus, filmmakers of ALMOST HOME, which follows the daily lives of residents and staff at a retirement community in Milwaukee, WI, speak about why they chose to address issues of aging and some of the special challenges they faced while focusing their lenses on elderly, often fragile subjects.

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A Brand New Season of Independent Lens

It’s almost time! The new season of Independent Lens kicks off October 22. Exploring subjects as diverse as Pakistani politics, atom smashing, revolutionary typefaces and women and gays in the military–the new season of Independent Lens is as diverse as ever! Once again, we are pleased to have Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard as host.

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