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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WSIU, the Carbondale Public Library, and Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS will host a screening of “The Tuba Thieves,” featuring a free dinner and community dialogue. Directed, written, and produced by hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel, the film uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore the nature of sound itself, through several d/Deaf people telling stories in the film equivalent of a game of telephone. -
Join WSIU and the Carbondale Public Library for a free dinner, film, and community discussion on Wednesday, March 27. -
Indie Lens Pop-Up, presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS, and WSIU/Carbondale Public Library will host a free dinner and screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary “Breaking the News,” featuring a community discussion about better media coverage of diverse issues and perspectives. The discussion will be moderated by Alee Quick of the News Literacy Project and WSIU Executive Director Fred Martino, Ph.D. -
WSIU and the Carbondale Public Library will present a film screening and discussion on January 17. The event is free and open to the public; dinner will be served. -
On Wednesday, November 8 at noon, join WSIU at the Carbondale Public Library for an Indie-Lens Pop Up screening: A Town Called Victoria. When the local mosque is burned to the ground, the town of Victoria, Texas, must overcome its age-old political, racial, and economic divides to find a collective way forward. The film debuts on WSIU-TV on November 13 at 8 p.m. -
Event rescheduled to Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. Join us at the Carbondale Public Library for a film screening and community conversation. This event is free and open to the public. -
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for basic income guarantee. -
Join us at the Carbondale Public Library for a film screening and community conversation on Sunday, February 5, 2023. This event is free and open to the public. Brent Van Ham of SIU School of Medicine will conduct NARCAN training after the film, conversation, and Q&A with the audience. -
Join WSIU and The Carbondale Public Library on Sun, Nov. 6 at 2:30pm for a free film screening of the Independent Lens film ‘Move Me,’ which explores the challenges of adapting to life with a disability. -
Join us for a film screening and community conversation on Sunday, November 6th at 2:30 p.m. at Carbondale Public Library. Move Me: A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury tests the limits of her recovery while adapting to life with a disability.
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