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A Girls Scout Leader Reflects on Using ITVS Docs to Help Girls Behind Bars
March 4, 2013In 2012, ITVS’s Community Classroom partnered with the Girls Scouts of the USA to create the curriculum “This is a Story You Have to Tell: Women, Girls, and the Criminal Justice System.” The collection features modules from three ITVS films: Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story, Troop 1500, and Girls on the Wall. The Girl Scouts have since adapted the…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
March 1, 2013A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Priceless advice on interactive documentary filmmaking comes from an unlikely source: The Guardian’s Global Development Professionals Network. Emma Wigley, director of the interactive documentary Big River Rising, says to take a holistic approach: “Big River Rising is…
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Four ITVS Shorts Featured in PBS Online Film Festival
March 1, 2013Beginning Monday, March 4, PBS will launch the second annual Online Film Festival, showcasing 25 short films from independent filmmakers. The festival will last through March 22 and can be accessed via the PBS website and PBS’s YouTube channel. Watch 2013 | Film Festival Trailer on PBS. See more from PBS Online Film Festival.PBS announced…
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Can't Make Media That Moves Millions? Livestream with Hari!
February 27, 2013Media That Moves Millions looks at the unprecedented phenomena of user-generated media campaigns that have inspired masses of participants and rocked political systems. Join the social conversation while we Livestream with PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan live from the event on Thursday, February 28, from 9am to 11am EST. Watch live streaming video…
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Using Social Media to Inspire Peaceful and Positive Change
February 25, 2013The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and ITVS have partnered up to present Media that Moves Millions summit on February 28, 2013 in Washington D.C. The event marks the fourth installment of the Media as Global Diplomat leadership series, aimed at leveraging global media to highlight innovative models for international conflict…