Indie Lens Pop-Up
Monthly Screenings
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a neighborhood series that brings people together—virtually and in-person—for film screenings and community-driven conversations.
Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most, from newsworthy topics and social issues, to family and community relationships.
Make friends, share stories, and join the conversation. These film screenings are free and open to the public. For more information about Indie Lens Pop-Up, contact (618) 453-4344.
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a neighborhood series that brings people together for film screenings & community-driven conversations.
Indie Lens Pop-Up Films
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At Lowell High School, San Francisco’s academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and anxieties about getting into a top university. But is college worth the grind?
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Meet the fearless women journalists of India’s only all-female newspaper. Nominated for an Academy Award. Premieres on WSIU March 28, 2022.
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Three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers, imprisoned for drug-related charges, fight to overcome alienation—and a society that labels them “felons”—to readjust to life with their families.
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Migrants go missing in rural South Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families whose loved ones have disappeared after crossing the Mexico border, activist detective Eddie Canales is their last hope. Unlock the mysteries and confront the agonizing facts of life and death in Brooks County, 80 miles north of the border.
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Storm Lake highlights a family-run newspaper The Storm Lake Times, and its declining business despite its critical importance as its community faces existential challenges.
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Meet the Donut King, the Cambodian refugee who built a multi-million-dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry.
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The key to environmentally friendly, cost-effective renewable energy is shining down upon us. In sun-soaked Las Vegas, Property Brothers’ Jonathan Scott harnesses that power by installing solar panels on his own home.
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Two of the Indie Lens Pop-Up films that WSIU screened last season in partnership with Carbondale Public Library won Emmy awards recently.I Am Not Your…
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Fr. Joseph Brown of SIUC's African Studies department about the Indie Lens Popup screening of, "I Am Not Your Negro."
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Herrin native Brad Calcaterra, founder and creative director of The Studio in New York City. Calcaterra will moderate a…
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