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Community Cinema Rocks the Bay Area
July 6, 2010Sara Brissenden-Smith, regional outreach coordinator for the Bay Area, gives us highlights from a season of Community Cinema screenings. I just completed my first full season of Community Cinema — that’s 18 screenings, with more than 30 community partners, 40 panelists, and more than 1,000 audience members.Copyright Criminals brought out some of our…
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Afghan Troop Challenges Caught on Film
July 2, 2010Camp Victory, Afghanistan — a new documentary airing on Public Television this August — reveals the struggles behind U.S. attempts to rebuild the Afghan National Army. The film, by Carol Dysinger, is a sobering reminder of the limited effect money (the U.S. has poured billions in aid to Afghanistan) and diplomacy can play on a deeply divided nation. Using…
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Apply Now! CPB/PBS Diversity and Innovation Fund Seeks New Primetime TV Series
July 2, 2010The Diversity and Innovation fund is on the hunt to provide Public Television with a new, weekly, primetime series and wants to hear from you. In particular, the DI fund is looking for content that will appeal to adult audiences and reflects the diversity of the 40-64 year old U.S. population. PBS will begin accepting proposals on July 26th, with a final…
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Independent Lens Audience Award Winner Announced!
July 1, 2010All season long Independent Lens fans have logged on to vote for their favorite film. Finally, we have a winner.....Mine by first-time filmmaker Geralyn Pezanoski. The film tells the heartbreaking story of the thousands of post-Katrina pets who were rescued and then adopted into new homes across the United States. When residents slowly returned to try…
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Another Season Gone By: Community Cinema 2009-2010
July 1, 2010One of the initiatives that we’re proudest of here at ITVS is Community Cinema, because it goes right to the heart of our mission to take independent films (all of them part of this Independent Lens season) into the community and engage local audiences with the subject matter in ways that activate them to make a difference. This year we were flabbergasted at…