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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
