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 Year-End Letter to the Field
ITVS President and CEO Sally Jo Fifer reflects on ITVS' recent progress,
continuing challenges and the bright future ahead.
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ITVS Board Transitions to New Nomination Process
The ITVS board of directors has voted to amend the Articles of Incorporation to reflect a change in the processes required for electing new board members, making it possible for the board to become a self-nominating entity.
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THE MASCULINITY PROJECT
ITVS and the National Black Programming Consortium put the “black community in focus” exploring African American "masculinity." Learn about this multimedia community engagement initiative.
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ITVS Digital Initiative: Report from the Field
Find out about new distribution opportunities, participatory production and reaching new audiences with case studies of independent filmmakers working with new technologies.
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Indie Lens Video Widget
Download the new video widget to your desktop, blog or social media page. View and share previews of Independent Lens broadcasts.
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ITVS Supports My Source Initiative
ITVS is supporting CPB's My Source initiative with community outreach plans and promotional videos featuring some familiar Independent Lens faces.
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Community Cinema in Your Town
Explore this season's selection of films and find free Indie Lens screenings near you. Participate in your community! Over 50 cities are part of the Community Cinema series.
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ITVS Digital Survey Report
More than 400 independent producers participated in an ITVS survey about their experience in the digital marketplace, giving voice to real-world situations, insights and points of view.
Read the digital survey report >>
Download a PDF of the report >>
ITVS and PBS Present Global Voices
This series, airing on the PBS WORLD channel, brings U.S. audiences documentaries by independents from America and abroad.
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Electric Shadows
Electric Shadows projects present the "unflinching visions of independent producers" by exploring arts and culture via the Web, exclusively.
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Recently funded domestic and international projects
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HELVETICA
by Gary Hustwit
January 6 at 10 PM on Independent Lens
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You can't escape if you try—it's on your computer, the subway, U.S. mailboxes, IRS tax forms, and spells out countless
corporate logos from Target to Fendi. No doubt, Helvetica is the king of fonts. But why? To find the answer, first-time Director
Gary Hustwit meets with historians and designers whose passion for typefaces run high, and discovers the secrets behind the
fonts we use and read every day.
OPERATION FILMMAKER
by Nina Davenport
On Independent Lens
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In the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom, American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student
from the rubble of Baghdad and bring him to intern on a Hollywood movie set (Everything Is Illuminated). It promised to be a
heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled U.S. experience in Iraq. But as in the war itself, "good" intentions yielded
unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn't go according to plan.
JESUS POLITICS, THE BIBLE & THE BALLOT
by Ilan Ziv
On Public Television in January
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Despite a long tradition of separating church from state, America's religious communities and grassroots organizations are
having an increasingly powerful role in the political process. In JESUS POLITICS, THE BIBLE & THE BALLOT, Israeli
filmmaker Ilan Ziv goes on a 2,000-mile journey across the country stopping at isolated towns and farms, rural churches and
mosques to discover the complex relationship between faith and politics during the 2008 presidential primary elections.
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