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  1. ITVS in the News

    May 31, 2011

    A sampling of coverage from The New York Times, indieWIRE, NPR and more… New York Times: A TV Project Planned on Female Leadership The Independent Television Service and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are teaming up for a three-year, 50-film project called “Women and Girls Lead,” which will put a documentary spotlight on leadership roles of…

  2. Shelbyville Sparks Immigration Discussion in Washington

    May 27, 2011

    On the heels of the national broadcast premiere of Welcome to Shelbyville on Independent Lens, ITVS partnered with The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to host a special screening of the award-winning documentary at the George C. Marshall Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The documentary is currently…

  3. PBS Annual Meeting Features Breakfast Panel on Women and Girls Lead

    May 25, 2011

    Women and Girls Lead officially launched at last week's PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.   Watch the below panel discussion on the multi-year public media campaign moderated by Patricia Harrison and featuring: Geena Davis, Paula Kerger, Sheryl WuDunn, and Abigail Disney. 

  4. Geena Davis Expects Public Media to Set the Bar High

    May 23, 2011

    Oscar-winning Actor Geena Davis helped launch ITVS' Women and Girls Lead campaign at last week's PBS Annual meeting in Orlando, FL. During the conference, Davis sat down with PBS NewsHour President Simon Marks to discuss her own work on gender discrimination in media, as well as ITVS' multi-year initiative, aimed at supporting women and girl's…

  5. Women and Girls Lead Takes Off at PBS Annual Meeting

    May 20, 2011

    Women and Girls Lead, the multi-year public media campaign to amplify the voices of women and girls worldwide, officially lifted off Thursday. The campaign was launched during a breakfast hosted by ITVS and CPB during this week's PBS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis and CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison broke…

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