The 2009 Independent Lens Audience Award Runoff
We’ve tallied your votes from this past season and the verdict is… too close to call! What to do? We’re holding a runoff, and we need YOU to help choose the winner. Has one of your favorites made the list? Choose from the four most popular films:
ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Greene
The unlikely story of America’s original shock-jock, Petey Greene, who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation’s capital.
HELVETICA
A film about typography, graphic design and the existence of a global visual culture, HELVETICA looks at the ubiquitous font that appears everywhere in the modern world.
STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
The survival tale of a group of young men who lived for 72 days in the Andes Mountains after their plane crashed in October 1972.
TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
The dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a global movement.
You have until Friday, July 17 to cast your vote. The winner of the 2009 Independent Lens Audience Award will be announced Monday, July 27.
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