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  1. Filmmaker Byron Hurt Chats Live About Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

    July 27, 2011

    ITVS Indies Showcase will present its first live chat on Thursday, July 28 at 11am PT / 2pm ET with filmmaker Byron Hurt, whose acclaimed documentary Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes streams free from July 28 to 30.<a

  2. Indie Lens, ITVS & PBS NewsHour Host Chat on Bhutto Doc & Women’s Leadership

    May 9, 2011

    On Wednesday, at 2pm ET / 11am PT, ITVS, Independent Lens, and PBS NewsHour will co-present a live chat on the Independent Lens documentary Bhutto and women's leadership.<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=4f3b13c608"

  3. Live Chat with Shelby Knox and the Filmmakers

    April 19, 2011

    The Education of Shelby Knox is the story of a self-described "good Southern Baptist girl" who becomes an unlikely advocate for comprehensive sex ed. The ITVS-funded doc, which aired on P.OV. back in 2005, is being revisited today through a live chat on P.O.V.’s website. Our friends from the series have allowed us to host the discussion on BTB. The chat will

  4. Live Chat on FUTURESTATES

    March 15, 2011

    ITVS will host a live chat with filmmakers from the FUTURESTATES series on Wednesday, March 16 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. The discussion will be moderated by Michella Rivera-Gravage, Director of Digital & Interactive Media for The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). Panelists will include filmmakers Nisha Ganatra (Beholder), Mia Trachinger

  5. The Congo and Beyond: Live Chat on Empowering Women

    March 4, 2011

    On Tuesday, March 8 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT, PBS NewsHour will team up with ITVS and Independent Lens to present a panel discussion on violence against women in the Congo and beyond. The Congo and Beyond: Live Chat on Empowering Women Set on the 100th anniversary of  International Women’s Day, the online discussion will use news reports and footage from the