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Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors, Sunday on Global Voices
July 6, 2012ITVS’s Annisa Kau caught up with Andes Plane Crash Survivors Nando Parrado, Jose Luis Inciarte, and Adolfo Strauch to discuss their documentary on the 40th anniversary of the crash. Stranded will air on Sunday, July 8 on Global Voices on the World Channel (check listings). On Friday, October 13, in 1972, charter flight 571 took off from Montevideo,…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
July 6, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Want to know how to make money? No, I mean, really, like how money is minted? This fascinating 1920 silent documentary shows how gold is melted into coins. Enough about dusty old documentaries. This upcoming film about the Tropicalia music movement in Brazil promises to leave you…
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Indie Distribution in a Post-Netflix World
July 5, 2012ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. Netflix might be a giant in the video universe, but like many behemoths (think: King Kong), it has suffered several existential crises. Is it a DVD delivery service? An online movie streaming service? Both? A movie and TV series producer? Or a meticulously…
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Putin's Kiss, Sunday on Global Voices
June 29, 2012The ITVS-funded documentary Putin's Kiss by Lise Birk Pedersen airs Sunday, July 1 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel. Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization in Russia with direct ties to the Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal…
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Anna Deavere Smith on the PBS Arts Summer Festival
June 29, 2012Actor Anna Deaveare Smith discusses her role as host of the PBS Arts Summer Festival with BTB. The interview was conducted last January at the TCA Press Tour in Los Angeles, where the actor was performing her one-woman-show Let Me Down Easy. The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly…