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Los Graduados: Estudiante elige entre la vida de pandillas o

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En este extracto del documental de Independent Lens, The Graduates/Los graduados, conocemos a Eduardo, un joven estudiante latino en San Diego quien describe cómo lo atractivo engañoso de las pandillas y el uso de drogas han impedido la graduación de la mayoría de sus parientes.
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Coming Soon to Independent Lens: The Graduates

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Two-part, bilingual documentary explores pressing issues in education today through the eyes of six Latino and Latina adolescents from across the United States, offering first-hand perspectives on the barriers they have to overcome in order to make their dreams come true.
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The Graduates: Teen Parenting

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Just before her sophomore year of high school, Darlene Bustos became pregnant. She considered dropping out because she felt her priority was being a full-time mother. As her son Alex began attending Head Start, Darlene thought more about his future, and her own. She enrolled in the Union Alternate School program for at-risk students, where she began the work of finishing high school.
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Los Graduados: Una latina sin hogar mientras asiste la prepa

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En este extracto del documental de Independent Lens, The Graduates/Los graduados, conocemos a Chastity, una joven estudiante latina que vive en el Bronx, NY. En realidad, mientras en la preparatoria Chastity estaba viviendo con su familia en un refugio para personas sin hogar, que le hacía difícil concentrarse en tener éxito académicamente.
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The Graduates: Homelessness

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After her family became homeless, Chastity Salas’ sense of responsibility toward her family threatened to interfere with her education. A counselor provided her the support needed to stay in school and apply for college. Chastity began to thrive at school, using writing as an outlet for her feelings. She inspires her younger siblings, who admire her perseverance in making it to college.
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The Waiting Room - Preview

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The Waiting Room intimately follows several people who pass through the emergency room of Highland Hospital in East Oakland, CA. Shot over several months and with a poignant mix of humor and drama, the film presents a composite portrait of a public institution struggling to care for a persistent and growing stream of patients living on the fringes of America's health care system.
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Coming to Independent Lens: The Waiting Room

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The Waiting Room is a cinema verité portrait of one California city's public safety-net hospital as it struggles to handle patient overload in a swooning economy and a constantly shifting landscape of health care policy. The film will make its television premiere next season on Independent Lens.
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Get Ready for a New Season of Independent Lens

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Independent Lens launches its 12th season on PBS with a lineup of 23 remarkable documentaries from both new and established filmmakers. The season opener on Monday, September 30 is Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey, a real life rock and roll fairy tale about Filipino singer Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the frontman for the iconic American rock band Journey.
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Don't Stop Believin' - Preview

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Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey follows the real life rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale of Filipino Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the front man for iconic American rock band Journey.
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What is Community Cinema?

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Community Cinema is a national civic engagement initiative featuring free screenings and curricula for films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. In 100 cities and online, community members come together to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time. Coming in September, see The Graduates/Los Graduados!
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Detropia: The Scavengers' Story

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In this video companion piece to the Independent Lens documentary, Detropia, two Detroit area scavengers discuss how scrap metal provides a decent living now that unemployment rates have exceeded 30% and assembly line wages have been reduced.
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