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New Orleans Vietnamese Take Another Blow
May 24, 2010The scale of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is nearly impossible to comprehend. Because the spill is an ongoing catastrophe, the scope of the devastation to local communities cannot even begin to be tabulated. A third to half of the commercial fishers in the spill area are Vietnamese. Again, the Vietnamese community in New Orleans is…
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Use Films to Organize and Engage Your Community
May 21, 2010Can a film change the world if everyone just sits on their sofas and watches it, and then goes to bed? OK, sure, films can change minds and inform, but at ITVS, our goal is to leverage great films to engage and activate communities. The whole idea is to create a conversation — from the local town hall to the halls of justice around the world. If you work for a…
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Father Vien — New Orleans' Community Champion
May 20, 2010Father Vien Nguyen, a Catholic priest and progressive social activist in the Vietnamese community of New Orleans recently received the Community Champion Award from the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO). Father Vien is prominently featured in the Independent Lens documentary A Village Called Versailles ,…
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Glee and Independent Lens — Peabodys in a Pod
May 19, 2010Lois Vossen, series producer of Independent Lens and Vice President of ITVS, attended the Peabody Awards ceremony Monday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, where the films Between the Folds and The Order of Myths won the prestigious award. She talks about the unprecedented evening:The 69th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony, hosted…
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Looking for Film Funding? The New ITVS.org is for You!
May 18, 2010If you’re a filmmaker, we’d like to thank you — you’re the reason we exist. After all, ITVS was created by indie filmmakers. The biggest hurdle for any independent filmmaker, as you well know, is financing your project. If you're looking for funding, the current state of the world can seem bleak and confusing. But fear not! The funding section on our new…