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  1. Public Media's Women and Girls Lead Campaign Hits PBS Airwaves this Fall

    September 15, 2011

    A pipeline of more than 50 documentaries over three years begins in October 2011 with thousands of local events and high-profile gatherings nationwide planned through 2012. ITVS announced the rollout of major national PBS broadcasts for its Women and Girls Lead campaign on Thursday. The three-year public media initiative will educate, focus, and…

  2. Live Chat on The Learning, Friday 9/16

    September 15, 2011

    Join ITVS, PBS NewsHour, POV and the Economist Film Project on Friday, September 16 at 12:30pm PT / 3:30pm ET for an online panel discussion on the new documentary The Learning. The NewsHour will air an excerpt of the film on September 15 as part of the Economist Film Project, and the documentary will air in its entirety on September 20 on POV.The Learning is the…

  3. ITVS’s Showcase Serves up Anatomy of a Springroll

    September 14, 2011

    The documentary by filmmakers Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger will stream free from September 14 to 16 on ITVS’s Indies Showcase.Anatomy of a Springroll is an award-winning documentary that follows one man's journey to reconcile his Vietnamese roots with his current American life. In 1973, Paul Kwan's father bribed a customs official to allow the youngest of…

  4. This Week on POV: If a Tree Falls

    September 13, 2011

    The documentary lifts the veil on a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America’s "number one domestic terrorism threat."   ITVS-funded filmmakers Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman's documentary If a Tree Falls will air Tuesday, September 13 on POV.  The film offers a behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical…

  5. Revisiting The Oath and Gitmo, 10 Years After 9/11

    September 9, 2011

    In recognition of the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, ITVS and PBS NewsHour will be hosting a live chat with The Oath filmmaker Laura Poitras and others.The Oath, which is streaming free on ITVS Indies Showcase from September 11 to 13, follows the story of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay Prison and the…

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