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Q&A with ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad About FUTURESTATES
March 22, 2010FUTURESTATES -- ITVS's new online fictional series -- recently launched and had its theatrical premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW). The San Francisco Film Society interviewed ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad about the series, which it described as a "forward thinking initiative." Check out the Q&A below from their blog SF360.org. When you…
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At SXSW with ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad
March 19, 2010Held annually in Austin, Texas, South By Southwest (SXSW) is considered one of the world’s premiere festivals, recognizing the best of film, music and interactive projects. ITVS Programming Manager Karim Ahmad gives some of the highlights from ITVS’s participation –– including the FUTURESTATES theatrical world premiere. Preparation for a trip to…
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Filmmaker Aldo Velasco at FUTURESTATES World Premiere at SXSW
March 19, 2010Last weekend, FUTURESTATES had its theatrical world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW). These narrative mini-features explore many of today’s complex social issues by imagining how they play out in the world of tomorrow. Find out what happened at the screening from Aldo Velasco, filmmaker of the FUTURESTATES episode Tent City.When I learned that my…
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Community Cinema Screens Dirt! The Movie in West Hollywood
March 17, 2010Last night, Community Cinema hosted a screening of the Independent Lens film Dirt! The Movie at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. The film looks at how industrial farming, mining, and urban development have endangered soil and resulted in cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. National Community Cinema…
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Behind the Scenes of Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)
March 17, 2010Augie and Gino were living the American dream –– raised and educated in the United States and proud veterans of the military. But in 1999, these two brothers were forced to leave the only country they’d ever known and had pledged to protect. Airing next Tuesday, March 23 at 10:00 PM on Independent Lens on PBS, filmmaker Monika Navarro goes on a journey across…