Press Releases
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PBS's Independent Lens Announces the Winner of the Independent Lens Filmocracy Mashup Contest: Kylee Darcy's Corn King Takes Over the World
June 23, 2008San Francisco (June 23, 2008)—ITVS Interactive (Independent Television Service) and PBS’s Emmy® Award–winning weekly series Independent Lens announce Kylee Darcy of Fairfax, Calif., as the grand prize winner of the inaugural PBS Independent LensFilmocracy online video mashup contest. Darcy, whose entry was chosen by the KING CORN filmmakers, will…
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2007/2008 Season of PBS’s Independent Lens Concludes in June with the Broadcast Premieres of Two Unforgettable Feature Documentaries
May 29, 2008Visit the companion Websites: DEEP WATER | ABDUCTION (San Francisco, CA)—The Emmy Award–winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard, concludes its 2007/2008 season this June with the broadcast premieres of two critically acclaimed feature documentaries fresh from the film festival circuit. Fascinating…
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2008 Sundance Film Festival Winner For God, Tsar and Fatherland to Premiere on Global Voices Series on PBS WORLD Channel, Sunday, June 6, 2008
May 16, 2008Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—Mikhail Morozov is a self-described Russian patriot, good Christian and successful businessman. He owns Durakovo, which is Russian for “the Village of Fools,” 100 kilometers southwest of Moscow. People go there from all over Russia to learn how to live and become “true Russians.” When they join…
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PBS Series Independent Lens Announces Agreement to Acquire Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10 From Participant Media and River Road Entertainment to Headline New Season
May 12, 2008(San Francisco, CA)— The Emmy and Peabody Award–winning PBS series Independent Lens, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Participant Media and River Road Entertainment to acquire the U.S. television broadcast rights for CHICAGO 10 for the upcoming season. The film was theatrically released earlier this year by Roadside…
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Partnership Will Bring Together Public Broadcasters from Four Nations to Bring Attention to the Global Water Crisis
May 9, 2008San Francisco, CA—The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication and Independent Television Service International (ITVS) announced their partnership today to engage public broadcasters from Bahrain, Colombia, India, and South Africa to create television programs addressing the global potable water…