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KLRU Presents a Social Screening of When I Rise
January 29, 2013Join our friends over at KLRU for a very special screening of When I Rise, on Wednesday, January 30, at 7pm CT. Watch When I Rise - Promo on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.When I Rise profiles Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and…
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Don't Miss the Upcoming Diverse Muslim Voices Social Screenings
January 29, 2013On January 30th and February 6th, Diverse Muslim Voices is hosting two online film screenings of Solar Mamas and Shayfeen.com: We're Watching You. Both documentaries examine the role women play in creating change in their communities. The film titles and links to the screenings are listed below. On the day of the screening, click the link from your…
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Social TV Makes Big Progress in 2013
January 28, 2013Originally published on the PBS Station Products & Innovation Blog Lounging around on your couch, clicker and blanket in tow, might not seem like the most overtly social activity. Yet, these days, even when we’re spending the evening parked in front of the television, we’re able to connect with our friends immediately about a show’s plot…
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ITVS Prepares for Beta Tests of Enhanced OVEE
September 14, 2012Originally published on Current.org Web engagement tool provides platform for virtual dialogue An infusion of CPB funding is allowing the Independent Television Service to add more features to OVEE, the online engagement tool that ITVS calls “the world’s first fully functional social screening platform.” The latest version of OVEE features a…
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Women and Girls Lead Presents Social Screening of Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
March 27, 2012Join us for the third and final film in the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival social screening series this Wednesday, March 28 at 1pm PT/4pm ET.The event, which takes place exclusively online, will feature special guests Jimmie Briggs, founder and director of Man Up, and Dr. Kaila Story, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at University of…