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  1. Open Call Recipient: Micha Peled, filmmaker of SEEDS

    October 5, 2009

    ITVS’s Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Check out the clip below with filmmaker Micha Peled (STORE WARS: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town and CHINA BLUE). His latest film,…

  2. Watch PICKLES, INC. on Global Voices on PBS WORLD

    October 2, 2009

    "There are those who venture into a start-up business to make some extra cash, and then there are those who do so to survive... PICKLES, INC. evokes an I-can-do-anything mentality after watching the unlikely entrepreneurs succeed." - Media Life Magazine In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, in Galilee, eight widows challenge social conventions and…

  3. Watch IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE on iTunes

    October 1, 2009

    Last month, Community Cinema screened D TOUR, which chronicles musician Pat Spurgeon's search for a living kidney donor and the challenges associated with finding a viable match. The screenings brought awareness about the importance of organ donation in the United States. But what is the organ market like in other countries? This month, check out the…

  4. D TOUR Events Draw Potential Donors and Increase Awareness of Organ Donation

    September 30, 2009

    Throughout the month of September, Community Cinema presented free preview screenings of the documentary D TOUR. Each of the 36 events between September 1 and September 29 connected audience members with information about local organ donation registries and shared the stories of transplant recipients and the donors who saved their lives. The…

  5. Live Streaming Webcast: Media as a Global Diplomat II: New Findings on the Science of Media and Conflict

    September 30, 2009

    Last February, ITVS co-hosted a media leadership summit with the U.S. Institute of Peace at the Newseum in Washington, DC. A constellation of luminaries from the field, capped by distinguished veteran journalist and moderator Ted Koppel, developed recommendations to the new administration about the role of media in public diplomacy. Continuing the…

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