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Rose Mapendo Responds to Tragedy in Tuscon
February 7, 2011CONGO SURVIVOR FEATURED IN UPCOMING INDEPENDENT LENS FILM Rose Mapendo lost her husband and home to the ethnic violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1990s, yet she emerged from the suffering advocating for forgiveness and reconciliation. Now, in this interview with Ted Simons of KAET 8 in Arizona, Ms. Mapendo shares her…
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The Egyptian Uprising in Context
February 4, 2011ITVS FILMS AND RESOURCES HELP PLACE CURRENT EVENTS INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT ITVS has a history of working with international filmmakers as well as community organizers, educators, and activists to trace the evolution of democracy movements worldwide. Find useful content and resources that will bring the current situation in Egypt into historical…
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ITVS in the News
February 4, 2011A SAMPLING OF COVERAGE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, CBS NEWS, NPR AND MORE...New York Times: Documentary Drama at the Oscars Instead the contenders are mostly smaller films from lesser-known filmmakers: Waste Land, about the artist Vik Muniz, set against the backdrop of a massive garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro... with most of the feature film and acting…
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Ring in Chinese New Year with Last Train Home
February 3, 2011There is no better to film to honor Chinese New Year than Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home, which is coming this season to P.O.V. Set against the backdrop of the world’s largest annual human migration, the documentary follows the Zhang family who travel home on Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter. Watch the trailer after the jump. watch…
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ITVS Docs Headed to SXSW 2011
February 2, 2011The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival has announced the features lineup for this year’s festival, which will take place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas. Among the films announced are two ITVS projects: Better This World, by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega and Where Soldiers Come From by Heather Courtney. Congratulations to the…