Press Releases

(San Francisco, CA) — What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? As more and more veterans return from deployment these questions must be answered, not only by those who fought, but by their families, their friends and their fellow citizens. Filmed and directed by Danfung…

(San Francisco, CA) — JR, Charlene, and Robert are half American; they are among the close to 50,000 children of Filipina sex workers fathered by American servicemen who were stationed in military bases in the Philippines until 1992. Their poignant stories, recounted in Left by the Ship, illuminate the limbo in which this generation of Filipino…

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 21, 2012) — What will happen to our families, our rights, and our economy in the not-so-distant future? These are just some of the questions explored in the third season of FUTURESTATES, an online series of sci-fi shorts set to launch April 3, 2012. Produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS), FUTURESTATES presents…

(San Francisco - March 6, 2012) — Director Marco Ricci’s The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, a documentary film about bestselling Native American author Forrest Carter, will have its broadcast premiere on public television beginning April 1, 2012 (check local listings). Forrest Carter, bestselling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales, was an exalted…

(San Francisco, CA) — The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that its Women and Girls Lead public media initiative will present a multifaceted set of activities for Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March. Led by ITVS in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS, Women and Girls Lead…