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  1. Women and Girls Lead Activities Kick Off International Women's Day

    March 7, 2012

    Maria Hinojosa, Women and Girls Lead advisory board member and host of NPR's Latino USA, gave an inspiring keynote address at the Women's International Perspective event on March 4 at Monterey Peninsula College in California.The symposium, called Media as an Instrument for Change, included a dynamic panel of gender and media experts focused on the

  2. FUTURESTATES Returns! Seven Visions of the Future from Seven Cutting-Edge Indie Filmmakers

    March 6, 2012

    If you were given a glimpse into the future, would it change the way you live today? Returning for a third season, the FUTURESTATES series offers a new collection of seven fictional shorts that explore possible future scenarios through the lens of today’s global realities. Produced by ITVS and created by such established filmmakers as Patrick Stettner,

  3. CARE & ITVS Present: Pray the Devil Back to Hell

    March 5, 2012

    Women and Girls Lead and CARE are partnering for a special live online screening of the PBS documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell (part of the recent Women War & Peace series), followed by a live panel discussion with Executive Producer Abigail Disney, PBS CEO Paula Kerger, and CARE President Helene Gayle. The event will take place on the eve of

  4. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    March 2, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Have you ever wondered what makes YouTube videos go viral? Get the answer and “why that even matters” in this insightful TED Talk that references such classics as Double Rainbow and the world-traveling Nyan Cat. This year’s Oscars boded well for filmmakers outside the Hollywood

  5. Women & Girls Lead Us Into Women's History Month

    March 1, 2012

    Women and Girls Lead kicks off Women’s History Month with a new website, an online film festival, and three high-profile events honoring International Women’s Day. The Women and Girls Lead public media initiative is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in style with a whole new set of activities to engage audiences on