RiverRun to present Indie Lens Pop-Up
Presented by ITVS, RiverRun and INDEPENDENT LENS will host a new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running screening series that brings people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. RiverRun will screen the Indie Lens documentaries at the Forsyth County Central Library, located at 660 West Fifth Street in Winston-Salem. There will be a post-screening discussion with community leaders about the documentaries.
Through its roster of five documentary projects this season, Indie Lens Pop-Up will ignite conversations on a range of topics, including a Cambodian American basketball prodigy, the American institution of public libraries, and the history of funk music. This season’s topics also aim to expand perspectives through deeply personal stories, including what it means to live with Alzheimer’s disease and the bond between father and son.
The 2024–2025 Indie Lens Pop-Up lineup includes the following:
*Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m.: “Bike Vessel” chronicles a portrait of familial love following a long-distance cycling trip between father and son.
*Wednesday, March 26, at 6 p.m.: “Home Court,” from filmmaker Erica Tanamachi, sheds light on a basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph.
*Part of RiverRun’s Film Festival—Saturday, April 12, at Marketplace Cinemas in Winston-Salem and Monday, April 14, at RED Cinema in Greensboro. Both screening times TBD: “We Want the Funk,” from filmmaker Stanley Nelson, examines the history of funk music, spanning its African and early jazz roots.
*Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m.: “Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s,” from filmmakers Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green, is an exploration of how three families confront the challenges of Alzheimer’s, focusing on how the disease transforms identities and relationships.
“RiverRun is proud to host another insightful season of Indie Lens Pop-Up. These films empower our community to come together and talk about topics that might be otherwise difficult to discuss with one another,” said RiverRun interim co-executive director/development director Tiffany Jones. “With this continued partnership, we’re not only able to share films from the award-winning INDEPENDENT LENS series, but we also create open, safe forums to talk about important issues affecting our neighborhoods today, hopefully providing useful resources for those who need them.”
Indie Lens Pop-Up events provide a space to watch and discuss timely issues explored in its award-winning documentaries. Hundreds of these screenings are hosted in-person and virtually by partners across the nation. Since its inception in 2005, more than 7,200 Indie Lens Pop-Up events have brought an estimated 430,000 participants together to discuss issues that impact local communities.
Each film will make its television debut on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series, at later dates and will be available to stream on the PBS app.
About Indie Lens Pop-Up
Indie Lens Pop-Up is a community series that brings people together for film screenings and conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s documentary series INDEPENDENT LENS, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most. Learn more at pbs.org/indielenspopup.
