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Mary-Louise Parker Tapped to Host 2011 Season of Independent Lens
September 20, 2011The multi-award wining actress will guide the documentary series through its 10th anniversary season beginning on Thursday, October 13, at 10pm. Parker, the star of the acclaimed Showtime series Weeds, is the latest in the distinguished company of Independent Lens hosts, including America Ferrera, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Susan Sarandon, Terence…
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This Weekend on Indies Showcase, Revisit Two Towns of Jasper
September 16, 2011Veteran ITVS filmmaker Marco Williams has a history of creating films that examine race relations between white and black Americans. Williams provided BTB with some background to his and Whitney Dow’s documentary Two Towns of Jasper, streaming free from September 17 – 19 on ITVS’s Indies Showcase. On September 21, 2011 Lawrence Russell Brewer, one of…
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Public Media's Women and Girls Lead Campaign Hits PBS Airwaves this Fall
September 15, 2011A pipeline of more than 50 documentaries over three years begins in October 2011 with thousands of local events and high-profile gatherings nationwide planned through 2012. ITVS announced the rollout of major national PBS broadcasts for its Women and Girls Lead campaign on Thursday. The three-year public media initiative will educate, focus, and…
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Live Chat on The Learning, Friday 9/16
September 15, 2011Join ITVS, PBS NewsHour, POV and the Economist Film Project on Friday, September 16 at 12:30pm PT / 3:30pm ET for an online panel discussion on the new documentary The Learning. The NewsHour will air an excerpt of the film on September 15 as part of the Economist Film Project, and the documentary will air in its entirety on September 20 on POV.The Learning is the…
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ITVS’s Showcase Serves up Anatomy of a Springroll
September 14, 2011The documentary by filmmakers Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger will stream free from September 14 to 16 on ITVS’s Indies Showcase.Anatomy of a Springroll is an award-winning documentary that follows one man's journey to reconcile his Vietnamese roots with his current American life. In 1973, Paul Kwan's father bribed a customs official to allow the youngest of…