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The Year of the Girl Begins: Girl Scouts of the USA 52nd National Convention
November 17, 2011The Girl Scouts of the USA is a major partner for the Women and Girls Lead campaign and last week, they invited ITVS to be a part of their National Convention in Houston, TX. Celebrating the launch of their 100th anniversary activities, the Girl Scouts announced that 2012 will be The Year of the Girl! Women and Girls Lead presented two campaign films: Strong!…
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Celebrating Native Language Revitalization
November 17, 2011Jennifer Weston — researcher and assistant producer of We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân — discusses some engaging features on an interactive website about language reclamation projects called Our Mother Tongues. Weston helped produce the site and manages the Cultural Survival's Endangered Languages Program. We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân airs…
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Next on Independent Lens: We Still Live Here
November 16, 2011Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, honors Native American Heritage Month by setting up the documentary We Still Live Here - As Nutayunean. The film, by Anne Makepeace, premieres on Thursday, November 17 on PBS. The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to…
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Closed Captioning Catches Up with the Internet
November 15, 2011ITVS’s Abigail Licad reports on the FCC’s plan to require closed-captioning for online content. Access to online programming has largely been denied to the deaf and hearing-impaired community due to the lack of legal sanctions that require closed captioning for online content. Fortunately, things are about to change. At this very moment, the Federal…
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Live Blogging from Girl Scouts Convention in Houston
November 11, 2011The Women and Girls Lead campaign is on the ground in Houston this week and we'll be blogging live on Friday and Saturday from the Girls Scouts National Convention. The convention will feature Women and Girls Lead in multiple events including screenings and panel discussions with filmmakers, and six media creation workshops with the Girl Scouts…