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Independent Lens and ITVS Receive Eight News and Documentary Emmy Nominations
July 12, 2013The News and Documentary Emmy nominations are in and several Independent Lens docs and ITVS-funded films have been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Danfung Dennis' Hell and Back Again — which had previously been nominated for an Oscar — was nominated for a Best Documentary Emmy. The film intimately traces a Marine's rough…
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ITVS-Funded Circo Opens in New York
April 1, 2011The documentary Circo has its theatrical release on Friday at the IFC Center in New York City. Set within a century-old travelling circus, Circo is an intimate portrait of a Mexican family struggling to stay together as they travel and perform along the back-roads of Mexico. Filmmaker Aaron Schock will be on hand at the NYC screening and discussing the film…
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In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
July 15, 2010Most documentaries about Mexico tend to focus on its embattled northern border--tales of drug wars and desperate migrants. In Circo, we're led into the belly of rural Mexico, town by town. New York director Aaron Schock offered LAFF audiences his ravishing portrait of a century-old Mexican circus dynasty as they struggle to survive their country's…