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Revisiting a Defining Image on President’s Day
February 21, 2011Doc offers story behind America’s stoic dollar bill image On several occasions in 1796, George Washington visited the home of artist Gilbert Stuart to sit for what is considered one of the most famous portraits ever created — Washington’s stoic image on the one dollar bill.First Face: The Buck Starts Here, airing this month on Public Television (check…
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San Francisco Gets a Peek at Academy Award-Nominated Waste Land
February 18, 2011Filmmaker Lucy Walker attended a screening in SF on Wednesday Lucy Walker’s Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land will have its broadcast premiere April 19 on Independent Lens on PBS, but San Francisco got a sneak peak this week in an exclusive screening and reception. ITVS co-hosted a screening of Waste Land this past Wednesday as the film and its director Lucy…
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AfroPop Series Continues with Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter
February 17, 2011The ITVS funded film airs this month on public television Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter tells the story of one mother’s fight for political asylum in the U.S. to protect her daughter from female genital cutting, a traditional practice in her home country of Mali. The documentary, by filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, airs throughout February on…
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FUTURESTATES Website Now Live
February 16, 2011ITVS online series will premiere at SXSW Film Festival The FUTURESTATES website is live and running, as the online series premieres its second season next month at the SXSW Film Festival. Season two kicks off with Nisha Ganatra’s Beholder, which offers a futuristic portrayal on one socially conservative community known as Red Estates. Enjoy the above…
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PBS Weighs in on Proposed Cuts for CPB
February 16, 2011PBS CHIEF PAULA KERGER CONTINUES TO MAKE THE CASE FOR PUBLIC TV ITVS continues to support the grassroots effort rallying behind Public Television. As we pointed out last week, more than 170 million Americans rely on some form of public media each month. Just yesterday on the blog, BTB teamed up with our public media partner, PBS NEWSHOUR to highlight…