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Half the Sky Wins New Fans at PBS Annual Meeting
May 21, 2012Based on the bestselling book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky will premiere as a special presentation on Independent Lens in October 2012. The project is a cornerstone of the Women and Girls Lead campaign and was on display at last week's PBS Annual Meeting in Denver. Just back from the PBS annual meeting in Denver and was absolutely…
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New Primetime Home for Indie Series Emerges From Independent Strategy Task Force Meetings
May 9, 2012ITVS president and CEO Sally Jo Fifer applauds year-round Monday slot on PBS core schedule to help meet first-order mission of public broadcasting. I’m pleased to report that the Independent Strategy Task Force has emerged from months of conversation to deliver a new 10 p.m. primetime slot on Monday nights for Independent Lens and POV. This is great news…
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ITVS Interactive Projects Awarded NEA Funding
April 27, 2012The National Endowment for the Arts has selected two ITVS interactive projects to receive funding through its Arts in Media Grants. This week, the National Endowment for the Arts announced projects selected for funding through its Arts in Media Grants Program. We're proud to announce that two interactive projects, funded through ITVS’s Project 360…
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The ITVS Indies Roundup
April 20, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. ‘Tis the season for film festivals: Both the Tribeca Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival kicked off this week. Read an enlightening interview of three Tribeca staffers to get a sense of how they winnowed down their film festival choices. “We don’t…
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A Full Frame Documentary Extravaganza
April 16, 2012Eric Martin, filed this report from the 2012 Full Frame Film Festival, which ran April 12-April 15 in Durham, N.C.The Full Frame Film Festival turned 15 years old this year in Durham, N.C., where I happen to live right now, and it’s no surprise that the well-attended, four-day, 100+ documentary extravaganza, which ended Sunday, included a meaty slate of…