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International Call Profile: Ritu Sarin & Tenzin Sonam
November 7, 2011The ITVS International Call deadline is quickly approaching on December 9, 2011. Until then, BTB will be profiling several international filmmakers who have received ITVS support. This week, we get to know filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzin Sonam, who received funding for their documentary When Hari Got Married. The filmmakers joined us via Skype…
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Prejudice and Injustice Examined in Adama
November 4, 2011The new documentary Adama, by filmmakers David Felix Sutcliffe and Su Kim, examines why the FBI picked up a 16-year-old Muslim girl from Harlem on suspicion of being a potential suicide bomber. ITVS Broadcast and Distribution Manager Kate Sullivan Green spoke with director David Felix Sutcliffe about the film — which airs this Sunday, November 6 on the…
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ITVS Funded Films Receive Three Nominations for the 2011 IDA Awards
November 2, 2011Three ITVS projects received nominations for the 2011 IDA Awards which will be held on December 2nd in Los Angeles. The IDA Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking and three ITVS funded films received nominations for the 2011 Awards. All three nominees were originally broadcast on the award-winning PBS series POV. See…
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Up Next on Independent Lens, Deaf Jam
November 2, 2011Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, sets up the documentary Deaf Jam by filmmaker Judy Lieff. The film follows Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, as she discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an…
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ITVS in the News
October 31, 2011A sampling of coverage from CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and more…CNN.com: Muslim superhero comics meets resistance in U.S. Naif Al-Mutawa anticipated a struggle when he launched an Islam-inspired comic book series that he hoped would become a symbol of toleration. He worried about the comics being banned in Saudi Arabia – which wound up…