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POV Hackathon Call for Participants is Now Open!
June 1, 2012POV has announced its first "Hackathon," an opportunity for filmmakers and web developers to come together and re-invent documentary for the web.POV (Point of View), the award-winning independent documentary series celebrating its 25th anniversary on PBS this year, is reaching out to documentary filmmakers who have projects at any stage of…
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ITVS Presents a Social Screening of The Interrupters
May 30, 2012ITVS presents an online social screening of Steve James’ The Interrupters on Thursday, May 31 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. From acclaimed producer-director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and best-selling author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here), The Interrupters tells the stories of three "violence interrupters" who, with bravado,…
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Independent Lens Presents: A Social Screening of Hell and Back Again
May 25, 2012The Academy Award-nominated documentary To Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis will stream on Tuesday, May 29 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT — following its Monday night premiere on PBS. The documentary follows then 25 year-old Sgt. Nathan Harris’s experience fighting the war in Afghanistan and recovering from a serious injury back in the U.S. In his gripping…
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The ITVS Indies Roundup
May 25, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. If you want to turn a stale movie launch around, save your documentary for last. Filmmaker Liz Nord explains why she released some of her most precious interviews and multimedia experiences months before her film premiered. You might know John Baldessari as the world-class…
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Geena Davis Says Women and Girls Lead in Nashville
May 24, 2012The Academy Award-winning actor and advocate made her first visit to Nashville this week, speaking at multiple events devoted to empowering women and girls.On Thursday, Lipscomb University’s Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media hosted the event: “A League of Their Own,” — featuring an…