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Newly Funded: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Almost There
May 8, 2013ITVS recently approved funding for Almost There, a documentary by filmmakers Dan Rybicky (Director/Producer) and Aaron Wickenden (Director/Producer). Outsider artist Peter Anton, 82, has spent decades obsessively chronicling his rollercoaster of a life into a massive, illustrated autobiography, and nothing — not poverty, isolation, or…
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Refuge Premieres on FUTURESTATES
May 2, 2013This week's FUTURESTATES short depicts a future where a cyber attack on the United States Immigration database puts a young woman, Sonia, at risk of being deported back to Iran - but remaining in the U.S. may come at a greater price than she's willing to pay. Director Mohammad Gorjestani gives us this inside look at the inspiration behind the short film, which…
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From Victim to Survivor: Women and Girls Lead Films Share Stories of Resiliency
May 2, 2013April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the U.S. and while Women and Girls Lead campaign partners were doing their part to advocate for survivors, our main efforts went to raising public awareness through film. We started the month with the highly anticipated two-part series premiere of Kind Hearted Woman, a documentary by David Sutherland.…
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FUTURESTATES Launches Season Four with Elliot King is Third
April 24, 2013Starting today, the fourth season of FUTURESTATES debuts a new futuristic episode from seven cutting-edge indie filmmakers every Wednesday, kicking off with today's Elliot King is Third. In 2024, gender is identified by microchip implant, and trans people like Elliot are classified “third.” But can he change his identity in an attempt to build a safer…
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ITVS Partners with Geena Davis to Confront the Effects of Media on Children
April 19, 2013The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and ITVS have partnered together to produce an educational program, which includes five short videos produced for kids titled Guess Who?, to be featured by the Women and Girls Lead campaign.Watch Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.It is time to take a hard look at the…