Press Releases

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, MARCH 17, 2015 — Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today at SXSW the launch of Digital Open Call, a new funding initiative for independent film and media makers designed to develop and pilot independently-produced web series for production funding and distribution on public media’s digital platforms and beyond.…

(Boston, MA) – Filmmaker Carol Bash’s documentary Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band brings to the screen one of the most innovative yet unsung jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers. “Trailblazer,” “pioneer,” and “awesome,” are some of the adjectives that international jazz artists today like Geri Allen, Carmen Lundy, and Terri Lyne…

(San Francisco, CA) — At a time when transgender and gender nonconforming people across the U.S. and around the world have achieved unprecedented visibility in popular culture, but continue to suffer extreme violence, harassment, discrimination, and isolation, Independent Lens presents Kumu Hina, a moving film from Hawaii that offers a bold new…

(San Francisco, CA) — Limited Partnership chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In 1975, thanks to a courageous county clerk in Boulder, Colorado, Richard and Tony were one of the first same sex couples to be legally married in the world. Richard immediately filed for a green…

(San Francisco, CA) — The first comprehensive overview of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and its aftermath, The Great Invisible interweaves personal stories, insight from industry insiders, and news footage of the disaster and its aftermath, creating an intimate and emotional look at the people still haunted by the explosion long after the story has…