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  1. Protecting Our Future and Charting the Course Ahead

    June 4, 2025

    We are sharing the sad and difficult news that ITVS is reducing its staff by 13 individuals across the organization. For a staff so committed to our mission and to each other, this 20% staff reduction is a painful moment. Our dedicated staff have made important contributions that are part of ITVS' legacy and success story. In the past few months, ITVS has

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    Groundbreaking ITVS Study Unpacks the Filmmaker-Participant Relationship

    November 18, 2024

    After more than a year in the making, we're excited to share The Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked: Ethical Responsibility and Impact in Documentary Filmmaking, with special thanks to funders Ford Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts for supporting this massive accomplishment. As documentary films have grown in popularity,

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    ITVS Welcomes New Board Members, Peter Bratt and Linda Wei

    August 1, 2024

    ITVS, public media’s leading incubator of independent documentary, is pleased to welcome new board members Peter Bratt and Linda Wei.Peter Bratt is an award-winning screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His film credits include Follow Me Home, La Mission, and he co-wrote and directed  Dolores, a feature documentary about the life of activist and

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    Janice Hui Joins ITVS As Chief Operating Officer

    July 1, 2024

    ITVS is pleased to announce that Janice Hui will join the organization as Chief Operating Officer. Hui will oversee strategy across the organization’s finance, information technology, business affairs, and operations units. She will focus on accelerating ITVS’ content and audience strategies in a streaming-first world while ensuring the

  2. ITVS Shares Our Progress on Representation

    January 17, 2024

    As an organization with diversity and inclusivity as our top priority, ITVS has a long record of sharing with the public the data that we provide each fiscal year to our board of directors. We’re proud of our record of representation—on our board, on our staff, and among our ITVS-funded filmmakers and programs. Today, we’re sharing our representation for