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  1. Ask Programming: Seven Criteria for Your Film Proposal

    October 29, 2009

    Each year, ITVS fields well over 1,000 applications for program funding. In reviewing a documentary proposal, there are seven criteria that ITVS and its peer reviewers consider in their evaluations. As you craft your own application for funding, these are important to keep in mind. 1. What is the overall quality of the project. Is the idea well conceived?…

  2. Recent Talkback About Independent Lens This Month

    October 28, 2009

    Always thought-provoking, sometimes controversial, Independent Lens brings you documentaries, dramas, shorts and Web-exclusive projects made by independent thinkers. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing this month. HERB & DOROTHY"What an inspiring film! If the Vogels are 'greedy,' it is yet a selfless…

  3. JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens

    October 27, 2009

    "An especially colorful episode of Independent Lens travels to Kolkata, India––a city teeming with pickpockets––to present a portrait of a young thief every bit as engaging as Charles Dickens' Artful Dodger." - The Week Forget Slumdog Millionaire––here’s the real-life story of survival on the streets of India. Follow Azad, a young pickpocket, who…

  4. In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

    October 26, 2009

     Correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Megum Sasaki, the director and producer of HERB & DOROTHY. [TRT: 7 minutes]. Listen now >>  "Independent Lens begins its eighth season with Megumi Sasaki’s HERB & DOROTHY, about the unlikely art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel of New York, which Nathan Lee called a 'modest, touching…

  5. Community Cinema Screens COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS with Filmmaker Kembrew McLeod

    October 26, 2009

    This month Community Cinema is screening the Independent Lens film COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, which examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. Find out what happened at recent screenings in Kansas City, MO, and Iowa City from…

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