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  1. KQED Tackles Dropout Crisis with Town Hall Meeting

    March 26, 2012

    ITVS's Community Classroom, along with over 150 Bay Area educators, gathered at Laney College for KQED's town hall meeting about the dropout crisis.Here are some startling facts:Every year, roughly 1.3 million students in the U.S. drop out of high school. That's 7,000 students each day.More than 20 percent of California high school students drop out of…

  2. Last Call to Apply for a U.S. INPUT Producer Fellowship

    March 26, 2012

    The deadline for applications to attend the 2012 INPUT in Sydney, Australia is Tuesday, April 2, 2012.A limited number of INPUT 2012 Producer Fellowships will be awarded to U.S. public media producers to attend INPUT in Sydney, Australia on May 7 – 12, 2012. For more information about the U.S. INPUT Producer Fellowship application process, visit U.S INPUT…

  3. POV's 2012 Documentary Lineup Revealed

    March 26, 2012

    POV has just announced the slate of documentaries for its 25th season on PBS, starting in June. Since POV went on the air in 1988, it has championed the documentary art form, offering filmmakers a venue to take creative risks. It's where you've seen work from documentary greats including Errol Morris, Jonathan Demme, Albert and David Maysles, Michael…

  4. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    March 23, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Jonathan Archer.  Miss SXSW? Catch up with all the keynotes and featured speakers online. IndieWire shared The 8 Film Startups You Should Know From SXSW. Nick DeMartino (formerly Director of AFI Digital Labs) asked, do we need "An Accelerator For Entertainment?" One of the more interesting and…

  5. ITVS in the News

    March 22, 2012

    Coverage of ITVS from The New York Times and PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler. The New York Times: PBS Agrees to Revisit Documentary Schedule Under intense public pressure from independent documentary filmmakers, including a Twitter campaign, PBS on Thursday agreed to find a new home next season for the award-winning film series “Independent Lens” and…

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