Latino Art & Culture Shines in Visiones

Parts three and four of Visiones airs this Sunday on Global Voices on PBS World. The six-part series examines the richness and impact of Latino culture through the eyes of some of the most influential painters, musicians, dancers, and writers working in America today.

The film, directed by Hector Galan, explores everything from New York’s break-dancing community to the theater scene in Texas, offering a truly unique cross section of Latino artists working today.

Visiones weaves a tapestry of paintings, songs, dances, and spoken-word performances to reflect on how Latinos have impacted arts and culture.

Watch a clip from parts three and four of Visiones, airing this Sunday on Global Voices on PBS WORLD.

Tags: art, culture, Hispanic, latin america, Latino, PBS, public television, visiones

In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

New York Post: Origami and the Art of the Process
“If you’ve ever found it impossible to properly fold a road map, you will be absolutely astonished by what the folks profiled in Park Slope filmmaker Vanessa Gould’s new documentary [BETWEEN THE FOLDS] … can do with a single scrap of paper.”
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Indie Wire: Must See IDFA Doc: LAST TRAIN HOME
“[LAST TRAIN HOME] is an exceptional observational documentary that charts a dramatic Chinese journey affecting just one family but representing the challenges facing a changing nation and a troubled world.”
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The Epoch Times: NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos
“[NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos] is truly a cinematographer’s film. It looks great and will foster an increased appreciation of the director of photography in general with its many clips of the classic films shot by Kovacs and Zsigmond.”
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The Wrap: iTunes Adds Indie Films From ITVS, PBS
“The collection of films, put together specifically for iTunes, offers diverse titles from filmmakers pursuing stories not normally told via mainstream channels.”
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Tags: art, China, cinematography, iTunes, New York Post

Recent Talkback About Independent Lens This Month

Always thought-provoking, sometimes controversial, Independent Lens brings you documentaries, dramas, shorts and Web-exclusive projects made by independent thinkers. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing this month.

HERB & DOROTHY

“What an inspiring film! If the Vogels are ‘greedy,’ it is yet a selfless compulsion–the best kind–that recognizes beauty and the persons that grow with the art. And thanks to the filmmaker who persevered to tell this intimate, quirky story.”
Posted by: Cynthia Pon on October 15, 2009

“Congratulations to all: Herb and Dorothy for your beautiful collections and sharing your love of each other and your wonderful collections. PBS you did your viewers a great service by bringing us this magnificent presentation… It touched my heart as I am sure it did others. Thank you very much.”
Posted by: Nancy on October 14, 2009

“What an informative film, captivating. Thank you to the Vogels for sharing their story with all of us and especially for supporting artists for so many years. And thank you for the gift to the National Gallery of Art.”
Posted by: Patricia Macklin on October 14, 2009

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Tags: art, artists, mining, Montana

In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

Correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Megum Sasaki, the director and producer of HERB & DOROTHY. [TRT: 7 minutes].
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“Independent Lens begins its eighth season with Megumi Sasaki’s HERB & DOROTHY, about the unlikely art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel of New York, which Nathan Lee called a ‘modest, touching documentary’ in The New York Times.”
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Director Bo Boudart discusses his film POWER PATHS on New American Media.
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“…Roberta Grossman’s beautifully made BLESSED IS THE MATCH… Won audience awards at numerous Jewish film festivals and a spot on the shortlist for the Academy Award for best documentary feature (though it ultimately didn’t receive a nomination). It also is slated to air next April on PBS.”
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Tags: art, environmental, Jewish, New York Times, The NewsHour

Season Finale of Global Voices: REVOLUCION: Five Visions

“… an absorbing documentary…”
- The Virginian-Pilot

REVOLUCION tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades and whose perspectives on photography are as varied as their opinions about the Cuban Revolution. From revolution-era photographers whose lenses captured the heroic masses to more contemporary photographers who seek to portray individual truths, their stories reveal the power of art to liberate.

REVOLUCION: Five Visions airs Sunday, October 18 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).

Tags: art, artists, Cuba, photography

Independent Lens Season Premiere: HERB & DOROTHY Tonight on PBS

“If Ripley’s Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries.”
- Los Angeles Times

He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With modest means, this couple managed to build one of the most important modern art collections in history. Meet Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and commitment defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.

HERB & DOROTHY premieres tonight, Oct. 13, at 10:00 PM on Independent Lens on PBS (check local listings).

Tags: art, artists, collecting, conceptual art, minimalist, New York

In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

Writer-at-Large Lisa Kogan interviews Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, subjects of HERB & DOROTHY
[Free iTunes download, TRT: 11 minutes].
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“’HERB & DOROTHY: ‘Delightful’ sums up this story and its characters, all the more so because they are so unlikely.”
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“In BETWEEN THE FOLDS filmmaker Vanessa Gould explores the expression of mathematics through origami.”
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“Filmmaker Werner Herzog lends his voice to Ramin Bahrani’s lovely 18-minute whirlwind, PLASTIC BAG. It’s one of the 11 films that make up FutureStates, a new series commissioned by The Independent Television Service (ITVS).”
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Tags: art, FUTURESTATES, paper folding, Ramin Bahrani

Test Your Skills: Play The Collector Challenge

The wait is nearly over! An all-new season of Independent Lens kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 13 with HERB & DOROTHY. The film looks at the story of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, a couple of modest means who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history.

Together they had an uncanny eye for groundbreaking art work–often before others recognized it. Do you know collectible art when you see it?

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Tags: art, artists, quiz

In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

“Aron Gaudet’s simple, moving documentary captures these homespun folks as they make the phone calls to wake each other up, put on their ‘Maine Troop Greeters’ hats and buttons… Hardened soldiers’ eyes mist over at their reception in Bangor. Yours will to in this sweet little film.”
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“If Ripley’s Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries.”
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“UNMISTAKEN CHILD stands as a window on a beautiful and mysterious world… A moving coming-of-age story in which a shy student matures into a teacher.”
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“LIONESS shows how a documentary positioned at the centerpiece of a strategic outreach campaign can put an issue on the public agenda and have a direct impact on public policy.”
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“Yun Suh’s documentary [CITY OF BORDERS] opens on a literal evocation of its title, as young Palestinian Boody and his friends make their way through a break in the West Bank wall… They’re going to Shushan, an openly gay club owned and run by Sa’ar, also the city’s first openly gay council member. Lively and precise, the movie notes the club’s status as a cultural haven…”
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Tags: art, gay, Military