Press Releases

(San Francisco, CA) – Jon Shenk’s The Island President is the story of Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, a tropical Shangri-La of breathtakingly beautiful turquoise reefs, beaches, and palm trees. But, despite its idyllic appearance, the country is threatened by an implacable and unrelenting adversary: the rising ocean.…

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) —March 5, 2013— The Independent Television Service (ITVS), the leading funder of U.S. independent public television productions, will showcase OVEE, the social screening platform it developed for PBS and public television stations, at a SXSW panel on Social TV, scheduled for the opening day of the Interactive Festival on Friday,…

Acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer’s Wife, Country Boys) returns to FRONTLINE with Kind Hearted Woman, a special two-part series that creates an unforgettable portrait Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin over three…

(Washington, D.C.) —February 25, 2013 — The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), the leading funder of U.S. independent public television productions, will present Media that Moves Millions on February 28, in Washington D.C. Media that Moves Millions is the fourth installment of the Media as Global…

(San Francisco, CA) —February 25, 2013 — Independent Television Service (ITVS)’s Women and Girls Lead campaign and EILEEN FISHER, INC. announced the launch of #SheDocs today, an online film festival showcasing 10 documentaries highlighting extraordinary women and their accomplishments in celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s…