ITVS Garners Four Nominations for IFP Gotham Awards

ITVS films received four out of five nominations in the Best Documentary category for the 2011 Gotham Awards. The award ceremony will take place on November 28 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

ITVS nearly got a clean sweep in the Best Documentary category of the IFP Gotham Awards with ITVS films receiving four out of the five nominations.  Check out the list of ITVS Best Documentary nominees along with their trailers after the jump >>

Better This World  By Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega Aired on POV this past September 
Two childhood friends from Midland, Texas fall under the sway of a charismatic revolutionary who leads them down a path that changes their lives forever. 

The Woodmans By C. Scott Willis, Airing on Independent Lens on December 22, 2011 (check local listings) 
The Woodmans is an inspiring portrait of one family's fall and redemption in the often brutal world of art.

Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis, Coming to Independent Lens in spring 2012 
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew?

The Interrupters By Steve James, Coming to PBS 
A look at a group of men and women — most of them former gang leaders and ex-cons — that are trying to "interrupt" shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once employed.