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  1. Adoption Stories Front and Center on P.O.V.

    September 7, 2010

    This month, P.O.V. presents two ITVS-funded documentaries about adoption including Off and Running and In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee. Off and Running airs tonight on P.O.V. (check local listings) and follows Avery, an African American teenager and the adopted daughter of two Jewish lesbian moms in Brooklyn. On a quest to meet her birth mother in Texas,…

  2. Shop Talk: Q & A with Programming

    August 31, 2010

    When is the International Call deadline for 2011?The International Call 2011 deadline is December 10, 2010. The application will go live on October 15, 2010 and all submissions must be in-office by Friday, December 10. In addition, we aim to have an interactive international message board up and running by October 1. What kinds of documentaries are you…

  3. Filmmakers Steer Clear of Big Easy Clichés

    August 30, 2010

    Five years ago, the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States struck southern Louisiana, forever altering the face of America’s most unique and freewheeling city, New Orleans. While the news media revisits the Crescent City to find out what has changed and what hasn’t, a team of filmmakers working with ITVS is documenting the real story of the…

  4. Notes from Orientation: Producers Learn the Ropes at Camp ITVS

    August 3, 2010

    ITVS’s Open Call provides finishing funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Last week, ITVS hosted nearly a dozen filmmakers who were recently awarded Open Call funding. Among the troops was Andy Schocken, producer and director of photography, of The World in a Room. Here he wraps up ITVS’s crash…

  5. Open Call Deadline Two Weeks Away!

    July 26, 2010

    Hurry hurry hurry! If you need funding for your film, don't miss the deadline for Open Call funding on Friday, August 6, 2010. Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call funding is only…

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