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Visit the program companion website (San Francisco, CA) — The statistics are staggering; one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth. In MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN, filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi goes back with her Afghan-born parents to Kabul to witness her father’s work as an OB/GYN at the recently renamed Laura Bush Maternity Ward. Both her parents had fled…

Visit the program companion website (San Francisco, CA) — Frank Popper’s acclaimed CAN MR. SMITH GET TO WASHINGTON ANYMORE? will have its television premiere on the Emmy-Award winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 10:30pm (check local listings). CAN MR. SMITH GET TO WASHINGTON ANYMORE?…

CONTACT:Randall Cole, ITVS: 415.356.8383 x254, randall_cole@itvs.orgTim Etheridge, ITVS: 415.356.8383 x250, tim_etheridge@itvs.org AT SUNDANCE:Randall Cole: 415.425.3050 (cell)Tim Etheridge: 415.786.1377 (cell) Press release >>Film synopsis >>Production bios >>Key character bios >> (San Francisco, CA)-…

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 24, 2007 (San Francisco, CA) The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announces LINCS 2007 (Linking Independents and Co-Producing Stations), a unique funding initiative that gives independent producers and local public television stations the opportunity to work together. The deadline for applications is May 24,…

San Francisco, CA.—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that BANISHED, WONDERS ARE MANY and MISS NAVAJO have been accepted into the upcoming 2007 Sundance Film Festival which will run from January 18-28 in Park City, Utah. ITVS has had a presence at the festival with its funded films since 1994. This year brings the grand total of ITVS…