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A Dream in Doubt: Post 9/11 Hate Crimes and the Sikh Temple Shooting
August 8, 2012After Sunday’s tragic shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple, Global Voices remembers the first hate crimes perpetrated against Sikhs in a post 9/11 America in the Independent Lens film A Dream in Doubt, now available on PBS video player. Rana Singh Sodhi with his wife and children, holding a photo of his murdered brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi.Communities in…
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Find Your Audience: Building Long-Term Engagement with Passionate Viewers
August 7, 2012ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. Documentary filmmakers have complex motivations for producing films. Unlike the makers of, say, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, most nonfiction directors want their viewers to do more than simply pay for theatre tickets. They’re after long-term…
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The ITVS Indies Roundup
August 3, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Here it is, finally. The definitive viral documentary about viral videos. This PBS Off Book has some interesting nuggets for those viewers who are well versed in the Dramatic Chipmunk and Fridayremixes, but also serves as an inspiring primer for newbs. Ah, to screen your film in…
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The Collaborator and His Family, Sunday on Global Voices
August 3, 2012ITVS’s Annisa Kau sat down with filmmakers Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash to discuss their documentary The Collaborator and His Family. The film, which follows a Palestinian family as it is torn apart by its patriarch's collaboration with Israel, will air this Sunday, August 5 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel (check local listings).Can you tell us…
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An Inside Look Into Producer Orientation
August 1, 2012Last week, Juli Vizza was one of eleven filmmakers who gathered in ITVS’s San Francisco headquarters to attend the latest round of producer orientation for Open Call funding. A crash course in the public television system. That’s how I would describe the week-long orientation with ITVS. In most cases, if you’ve ever had a film financed and distributed…