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  1. Live Chat with Filmmaker Marshall Curry

    February 24, 2012

    POV invites you to join filmmaker Marshall Curry (If a Tree Falls, Racing Dreams) for a live chat today at 11am PT / 2pm ET.  Follow this link to participate in the live chat. Participating in the live chat will be Marshall Curry, director of Racing Dreams and the Oscar-nominated film If a Tree Falls, along with a special guest, driver Annabeth Barnes, who was…

  2. Guess the Oscars with ITVS

    February 23, 2012

    It’s Academy Awards time again and this year ITVS has not one, but two horses in the Oscar race! Among the films selected for best documentary were two ITVS programs: Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis and If a Tree Falls by filmmakers Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman (broadcast last September on POV). Hell and Back Again airs on May 24, 2012 at 10 pm and on…

  3. Oscar Nominated Filmmakers Visit Talk of The Nation

    February 22, 2012

    Filmmakers Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) and Marshall Curry (If A Tree Falls) appeared separately on NPR this week to discuss their respective films — both of which have been nominated for an Academy Award. Listen to the interviews with host Neal Conan, below:Hell and Back Again"After so many years of war, society's become numb to pictures of…

  4. "If a Tree Falls" Filmmaker Reacts to Oscar Nomination

    January 25, 2012

    Sam Cullman, co-director and cinematographer of If a Tree Falls reacts to his Oscar Nomination, which he learned about on Tuesday at Sundance. The movie takes a behind-the-scenes look at Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls the "number one domestic terrorism threat" in America. If a Tree Falls aired on POV this past…

  5. Oscar Nominees for Best Doc Include: Hell and Back Again & If a Tree Falls

    January 24, 2012

    Early Tuesday morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar nominees. Among the films selected for best documentary were two ITVS programs: Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis (coming to Independent Lens on May 24) and If a Tree Falls by filmmakers Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman (broadcast last September on POV).…

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