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    in case anyone's interested, tonight's independent lens program (pbs) is entitled

    GIRL TROUBLE
    by Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko

    Tuesday, January 17 at 10 p.m. on PBS
    (60 minutes; check local listings below)

    Shot over four years, GIRL TROUBLE is the story of three girls entangled in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. Documenting the girls' remarkable successes and heartbreaking setbacks regarding poverty, parenthood, violence and homelessness, it exposes a system that fails to meet the need of girls in trouble.

    http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/girltrouble/
    525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?

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    Re: tonight: independent lens

    in case anyone's interested:

    LA SIERRA

    Tuesday, April 18 on PBS

    A small neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia, La Sierra is ruled by a group of young men, mostly teenagers, affiliated with Colombia's illegal paramilitary armies. Over one year, LA SIERRA follows the lives of three of these young people--two of them paramilitaries themselves--as they experience war, death and love...
    525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?

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      independent lens: nov 14 (tuesday)

      this one aired before but it was pretty good and so i'm just mentioning it in case someone's interested. it's about a teacher (Albert Cullum) who went way beyond just putting in his 8 hours a day. makes me think of someone like scrivner. you can find more here:

      http://pbs.org/independentlens/touchofgreatness/
      525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?

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        La Lupe Queen Of Latin Soul

        http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/lalupe/

        Tuesday, June 5, 10:00pm

        Legendary Afro-Cuban pop singer Lupe Victoria Yoli was crowned "The
        Queen of Latin Soul" by New York's Latin music scene in the 1960s.
        Renowned for her emotional performances, La Lupe remains the
        quintessential bad girl, dying tragically, virtually unknown in 1992.
        Shot in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the U.S., LA LUPE QUEEN OF LATIN SOUL
        tells her story through interviews and rare archival footage from the
        groundbreaking musical era.

        in case anyone's interested...
        525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?

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          Re: tonight: independent lens

          That sounds like it will be a GREAT one! thanks for the heads up!
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          An email from God:
          To: People of Earth
          From: God
          Date: 9/04/2007
          Subject: stop

          knock it off, all of you

          seriously, what the hell


          --
          God

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