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PBS Brings 'Sunshine' to Online Film Festival
March 22, 2012The PBS Online Film Festival features 20 unique short films in various categories. From 'Girl Power' to 'Offbeat' and everywhere in between, PBS highlights the stories that only public media can tell. Watch Sunshine: Single Dads on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.Dig deep into your roots and welcome diversity with this week's 'Who Are…
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Revealing Visions of Tomorrow’s America... in 24 Minutes or Less
March 21, 2012Season three of FUTURESTATES debuts April 3, 2012 on FUTURESTATES.tv, PBS.org, and PBS iPhone and iPad apps. Join filmmakers and actors from the series in an online press conference held here live on Thursday at 11am PT / 2pm ET. What will happen to our families, our rights, and our economy in the not-so-distant future? These are just some of the questions…
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Women and Girls Lead Presents an Online Social Screening of Troop 1500
March 20, 2012Join us for an online social screening of Troop 1500 this Wednesday, March 21, at 1pm PT/4pm ET.The event, which takes place exclusively online, will feature special guests Robin Hewes, Program Director of the Beyond Bars Girl Scouts Program in Austin, TX (where Troop 1500 is based), Karen Berstein, co-producer of the film, and one of the young women from…
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Feedback from a SXSW Rookie
March 20, 2012The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals (March 9-18, 2012) offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. As the line between film and digital projects continues to blur, it makes perfect sense that the Interactive and Film portions of SXSW run concurrently (along with ScreenBurn-…
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ITVS in the News
March 19, 2012Coverage of ITVS and Independent Lens from Monday's edition of The New York Times.The New York Times: PBS Shifts in Time Slots Hurts Series of Films The home page of PBS.org in recent days has highlighted a new feature, the PBS Online Film Festival. But the prime-time schedule for PBS this television season has, in the eyes of some, effectively marginalized…