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Frameline’s LGBT Festival Presents: Love Free or Die
June 15, 2012Macky Alston’s documentary on the first openly gay bishop Gene Robinson will screen Sunday, June 17 at 4:30pm PT at the Castro Theatre as part of the Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival. BTB caught up with Alston this past January at the Sundance Film Festival — where his documentary played before mass at St. Luke’s Church in Park City. See our wrap…
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Newly Funded: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster's American Promise
June 14, 2012ITVS recently approved funding for the documentary American Promise by filmmakers Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster.American Promise is an intimate look at the 12-year journey of two African-American boys on the path to success at a prestigious prep school. This personal film explores the distinct and troubling growing pains young men of color…
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Crowdfunding: What to Keep in Mind When Considering Broadcast on Public Television
June 14, 2012An ITVS Production Manager offers insight on crowdfunding for potential public television broadcasts."I worried about asking friends and family for donations," says Alicia Dwyer, director of the ITVS-funded documentary Xmas Without China. "But I came to feel most excited about our crowdfunding as I realized that we do have a base of supporters who want…
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Thursday on Independent Lens: We Were Here
June 13, 2012BTB spoke with filmmaker David Weissman about his documentary We Were Here, which airs Thursday, June 14 on Independent Lens.We Were Here documents the arrival in San Francisco of what was then called the "Gay Plague" in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic, as well as the broad political and…
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Motherland Afghanistan Tackles Maternal Mortality: A Women and Girls Lead Social Screening
June 12, 2012Women and Girls Lead presents an online social screening of Motherland Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 13th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Nearly one in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi follows her father's work as an…