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Mosaic Theater Company to Present Workshop of POSTMORTEM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 13, 2024 Mosaic Theater Company will present a workshop for POSTMORTEM, a new play that combines true crime with family drama to tell a story about one woman’s reckoning with her difficult childhood. Learn how to purchase tickets.... 
PBS Announces American Masters Documentary on Marian Anderson
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 13, 2020 Today, THIRTEEN's American Masters series and Philip Gittelman Productions, in association with Black Public Media, announced a new documentary on contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) in production for PBS.... 
INDEPENDENT LENS to Launch New season of Indie Lens Pop-Up Featuring Over 100 Screenings
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 12, 2024 INDEPENDENT LENS is launching the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running screening series that brings people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Learn more! ... 
THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN, COMPANY & More Nominated for 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2022 GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 finalist Gottmik announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories live via GLAAD’... 
STORM LAKE Will Screen at the Majestic Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 15, 2021 Storm Lake, the new documentary film about an independent newspaper’s fight to serve their small Iowa community, will be shown at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater on Sunday, November 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $9 each and are now on sale at the Majestic Theater Box Office, 25 Carlisle St., Gettys... 
Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, Kelli O'Hara, WRITE OUT LOUD and More Announced for September at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 03, 2021 Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.... 
Filmmaker Vikram Gandhi Talks Tekashi 6ix9ine Movie On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2020 69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ director, Vikram Gandhi, and BELLY OF THE BEAST director, Erika Cohn, are Tom Needham's special guests this Thursday on THE SOUNDS OF FILM. ... 
GREAT PERFORMANCES to Feature THE KING AND I, KINKY BOOTS, and More; Full PBS Fall Lineup
by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2019 PBS today unveiled its fall slate including new performance specials from Great Performances....
Filmmaker Vikram Gandhi Talks Tekashi 6ix9ine Movie On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2020 69: THE SAGA OF DANNY HERNANDEZ director, Vikram Gandhi, and BELLY OF THE BEAST director, Erika Cohn, are Tom Needham's special guests this Thursday on THE SOUNDS OF FILM. ... 
Confronting Palm Springs' Problematic Past, RACIST TREES Premieres On Independent Lens Next Month
by Michael Major - December 27, 2023 The documentary captures an inside look at the frustrations of residents of the historically Black Lawrence Crossley Tract neighborhood, who are cut off from the glitz and glamour of Palm Springs, due to the planting of 60-foot tamarisk trees that overshadow the community and are viewed as a symbol ... 
PBS to Air Documentary About the Bronx, DECADE OF FIRE
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 07, 2019 In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Left unprotected by the city government, nearly a quarter-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multiethnic neighborhood burned to the ground, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, it was the Af... 
Sundance Institute Selects 2020 Art of Editing Fellows
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 26, 2020 8 filmmakers have been chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute's inaugural Art of Editing Lab and Fellowship.... 
CHARM CITY to Air on PBS' Independent Lens
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 18, 2019 Filmed over a violent three-year period when Baltimore's nickname never seemed less apt, Charm City profiles a group of police, citizens, community leaders and government officials who, with grit, fury and compassion, are grappling with the consequences of violence and trying to reclaim their city's... 
Sundance Institute Announces 10 Producers Lab Fellows
by TV News Desk - July 22, 2021 Sundance Institute today announced the participants for its weeklong Producers Lab, taking place July 25 - 29, and the participants in the Producers Summit, August 2 - 5, both taking place digitally on Sundance Co//ab.... 
All New York's A Stage: Spotlight on Local Theater Coming Up in the Bronx and Staten Island!
by Nicole Rosky - October 15, 2019 The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, in partnership with SHOW- SCORE.COM, recently launched ALL NEW YORK'S A STAGE, the first-ever campaign dedicated to raising the visibility of our vibrant local theater industry, which is made up of small venues, companies and related organizations throu... 
PBS NewsHour Weekend to Air AMERICA IN BLACK AND BLUE 2020
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 15, 2020 America in Black and Blue 2020, a new PBS NewsHour Weekend special, offers context for and insight into the widespread protests currently engulfing the nation after the latest display of police brutality against Black citizens.... 
Art at a Time Like This Launches 8X5 HOUSTON Exhibition
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2023 In early November, Art at a Time Like This will launch 8x5 Houston, a public intervention with artworks responding to the mass incarceration crisis. 8x5 Houston is named for the size of the average prison cell and encourages artists to speak out about issues of criminal injustice. ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES to Feature THE KING AND I, KINKY BOOTS, and More; Full PBS Fall Lineup
by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2019 PBS today unveiled its fall slate including new performance specials from Great Performances.... 
Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Cast of 4000 MILES At The Unicorn Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2024 Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Kate Maguire have announced casting for its upcoming production of 4000 Miles, a play redefining family, loss and healing. ... 
Photo Flash: Rita Moreno Receives 2019 Peabody Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2019 On Saturday evening, the stars aligned to celebrate the 78th Annual Peabody Awards, and present the legendary Rita Moreno with the Peabody Career Achievement Award at Cipriani Wall Street in New York in NYC.... 
MR. SOUL Launches August 1st on HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 22, 2021 'Mr. SOUL!” was also shortlisted at the 93rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Original Song, for “Show Me Your Soul” by Grammy Award-winning composer Robert Glasper and Grammy Award-winning singer Lalah Hathaway. ... 
PBS to Air OUT OF STATE on Independent Lens
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 04, 2019 Filmed over four years at Arizona's Saguaro Correctional Center, Out of State is an inside look at the lives of two native Hawaiians shipped thousands of miles away from the tropical islands to a private prison in the desert. In this unlikely setting, David and Hale find a community of other native ... 
INDEPENDENT LENS Returns with New Season Oct. 28
by Abigail Charpentier - August 30, 2019 The acclaimed PBS documentary series Independent Lens, recently honored with two Peabody Awards, a Primetime Emmy nomination and 12 News & Documentary Emmy nominations, returns for a new season on Monday, October 28 with Made in Boise. The film is an engrossing look at the complex and controversial ... 
31st Annual Gotham Awards Nominations Announced
by Michael Major - October 21, 2021 The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 31st Annual Gotham Awards, singling out 29 feature films, 16 series, and 32 performances for recognition in twelve award categories. 'Passing' and 'The Lost Daughter' led this year's nominations.... 
Richard Skipper Celebrates Anastasia Barzee Tonight
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2020 Tonight's episode of Richard Skipper Celebrates... will feature Anastasia Barzee! Hosted by Richard Skipper, the virtual event will stream live through Richard Skipper Celebrates on Facebook and YouTube. Tune in on August 31, 5 PM ET/2PM PT.... |
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