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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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ITVS Wins Four News and Documentary Emmys!
Congratulations to the winners and nominees: BILLY STRAYHORN: LUSH LIFE, MADE IN L.A. and OPERATION HOMECOMING: Writing the Wartime Experience.
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New Season of Independent Lens
From gays in the military to farmers in Maine, gangs in South Central L.A. to environmental activists in Kenya, the upcoming season is sure to provoke, inspire and entertain.
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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 NPR Team Up for Get My Vote
It all starts with one question: What will it take for a candidate to get your vote? Watch videos and join in by submitting your own video, audio or text. Watch now >>
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.
Learn more and watch a video preview >>
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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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CHICAGO 10
by Brett Morgen
October 22 at 9 PM on Independent Lens
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Mixing animation with archival footage, Director Brett Morgen's CHICAGO 10 explores the buildup to and unraveling of the protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the ensuing 1969 Conspiracy Trial. CHICAGO 10 portrays the struggle of young Americans speaking out and taking a stand in the face of an oppressive and armed government.
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: A Nation's Journey
by Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan
October 28 at 10 PM on Independent Lens
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Directors Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sathananthan sit down with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, before he resigns from office, to address his ideas of a democratized society in their country. The directors engage Musharraf in conversation about his political past and vision for the future and ask the bold question—how does an army general plan to establish democracy in Pakistan?
AIMEE'S CROSSING
by Tod Lending
On public television in October
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Using unprecedented access, this provocative and intimate portrait follows juvenile offender Aimee Myers through her one-year
incarceration in a detention center and the year following her release revealing how the system deals with Myers' troubled past
and prepares her for a future as a productive citizen.
Find more ITVS television broadcasts this month. Check Now Showing >>
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