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Building Peace through Media – Join Us Tomorrow, May 12th!
May 11, 2010We’re thrilled to once again be partnering with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to host the third in a series of media and leadership summits, tomorrow May 12th at the Newseum in Washington D.C. So you’re not in D.C.? No worries – we’ll have a live webcast and discussion here on the blog beginning at 9:00 AM EST. You’ll able to engage panelists…
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Seattle's Vietnamese Community Rallies Around A Village Called Versailles
May 10, 2010Community Cinema recently hosted a screening of the Independent Lens film A Village Called Versailles in Seattle. The film follows a Vietnamese American community on the edge of New Orleans that fought the opening of a toxic government-imposed landfill near their homes. Find out what happened at the screening from National Community Cinema Coordinator…
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A Filmmaker Transformed by Her Subject
May 7, 2010Filmmaker Leslie Wiener-Legrand (Teacher, premiering May 9 on Global Voices on PBS WORLD, check local listings) went to Ho Chi Minh City fully intending to make a travel documentary about Vietnam for the Lonely Planet franchise. But as she spent time in the city scouting out locales to highlight for prospective tourists, she found it ever more difficult to…
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(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?
May 6, 2010It’s that time again, indie film people. We’ve got a slate of international documentaries for the new season of Global Voices just itching to get all over your eyeballs. Global Voices was the first original series to launch on PBS WORLD three years ago, and we think it’s really hitting its stride. The season debuts on Sunday, May 9 (Happy Mother’s Day!) on PBS…
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From the President's Desk — Welcome to the New ITVS Website!
May 5, 2010After a year of thinking and building, coding and tweaking, I’m thrilled to show you our online remodel of www.itvs.org. If you’re new to ITVS, what you’ll find on our new site is the full sweep of the work we do: the award-winning documentaries and new media we present on television and online; the many ways we help viewers, communities, and educators access…