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  1. The ITVS Indie Roundup

    June 29, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. You’ll never look at a dumpster the same way again. The sanitation department of Hamburg, Germany, teamed up with an advertising agency to form the Trashcan Project. They plant pinhole cameras on the dumpsters, offering a trash-level view of the city. Awaken your creative juices…

  2. Mariachi High Premieres on PBS

    June 29, 2012

    The ITVS-funded documentary (airing Friday, June 29. 2012, on PBS) presents a year in the life of top-ranked members of Zapata High School’s championship mariachi ensemble on the Rio Grande in South Texas. At a time when the Latino dropout rate is the highest of any group nationwide, intolerance toward immigrants (and perceived immigrants) is growing,…

  3. Supreme Courts Upholds Health Care Law

    June 28, 2012

    On Thursday, the Supreme Court largely upheld the President's health care overhaul in a 5-4 ruling. Filmmaker Peter Nicks of The Waiting Room is taking the public's temperature to the court's decision on twitter @WaitingStories. Send in your feedback and use the hashtag #1in6.The Waiting Room (heading to Independent Lens next season) goes behind the…

  4. Meet the People Behind Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

    June 27, 2012

    The ITVS funded documentary by filmmaker Pamela Yates premieres Thursday, June 28 on POV. See all the people behind the making of and in the story of Granito: How to Nail a Dictator in these stunning photographs by renowned portraitist Dana Lixenberg.  Granito is a story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past and how a documentary film from 1982, When the…

  5. Funding Deadline: Open Call Applications Due June 29

    June 26, 2012

    The deadline for ITVS's biggest funding opportunity, Open Call, is on Friday, June 29. Learn how to submit a digital application here.Open Call provides completion funds for single nonfiction public television programs on any subject, and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Open Call…

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