Press Releases

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, ITVS announced that its series, Independent Lens, and three of its films are among the nominees for the 2015 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards, including the ITVS-funded film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, for Best Feature. The other two ITVS films nominated are (T)ERROR, and Best of Enemies,…

(San Francisco, CA) — Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored — cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put…

(San Francisco, CA) — In 1980s Romania, thousands of Western films — mostly Hollywood action movies — smashed through the Iron Curtain, opening a window into the free world. A black market VHS racketeer and a courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the people — and fueled a revolution. Combining drama with first-person accounts, Chuck…

(San Francisco, CA) — No Más Bebés tells the story of a little-known, but landmark event of women’s history and reproductive rights, a struggle that unfolded four decades ago in Los Angeles. The film recounts how a small group of Mexican immigrant mothers and activists sued county doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were sterilized while…

(San Francisco, CA) – In Football We Trust is an insightful and moving documentary that transports viewers deep inside the tightly-knit and complex Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, Utah, one of the chief sources for the NFL’s influx of Pacific Islander players. Shot over a four-year period with unprecedented access, the film follows four young…