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  1. Got Talent? Enter the Hayloft Gang Contest

    August 15, 2011

    Enter a special online video contest from August 15 through September 15, leading up to the PBS premiere of The Hayloft Gang on PBS in September. Narrated by Garrison Keillor, The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance tells the story of a changing America through the lens of one of the nation's most popular country music radio shows during the

  2. What Does Public Media’s Future Look Like?

    August 11, 2011

    Co-managing Director of Public Media Company (PMC) Ken Ikeda talks about the "race to reengage future audiences," and its effect on public media. As part of BTB’s ongoing mission to curate news and opinions on public media, we have called upon key players to share their take on the evolving environment. Over the next several weeks, BTB will be rolling out

  3. San Francisco Remembers The Blunder Years

    August 10, 2011

    The Blunder Years is an evening of live performance and video where Bay Area filmmakers, writers, musicians, and actors show/perform pieces influenced by the television and movies of their teenage years. The event is scheduled for the evening of August 12 at Z-Space in San Francisco. All donations will go towards BAVC's The Factory — an advanced video

  4. 2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award Winner on the Big Screen in NYC

    August 9, 2011

    In partnership with Telegraph21 and Icarus Films, ITVS is pleased to announce an evening dedicated to the 2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award Winner Kimi Takesue at the Big Screen Plaza in NYC on Friday, August 19 from 5 to 7pm. The evening will start with the 2011 FUTURESTATES Audience Award-winning film, That Which Once Was, followed by a screening of

  5. Live Chat on Globalization and Poor Working Conditions in China

    August 8, 2011

    Filmmaker Micha Peled’s China Blue begins its free stream on Friday, August 12, as part of ITVS’s Indies Showcase. To kick off the online premiere, PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan will moderate a live chat on BTB on Friday at 11amPT / 2pm ET with Peled and others, focusing the discussion on globalization and poor working conditions in