Community Cinema Series offers special sneak preview screenings of films scheduled for upcoming broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. All Community Cinema screenings feature panel discussions with leading community-based organizations, special guest speakers, information and resources, and other programming designed to help people learn about and get involved in some of today's key social issues. The screenings, which are offered free of charge, will take place at various locations throughout our viewing area. The films themselves will be broadcast at later dates as part of Independent Lens on HoustonPBS/Channel 8.

Presented by HoustonPBS/Channel 8 and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, in collaboration with Independent Lens and ITVS