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Filmmaker Johnny Symons on Public Media
August 31, 2011Filmmaker Johnny Symons dropped by ITVS earlier this year and described his experience working with the organization as an independent producer of Public Media. His documentary Daddy & Papa is currently streaming free as part of ITVS's Indies Showcase.
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Top Five LGBT Films with Pride
June 1, 2011Johnny Symons has made two films with ITVS: Ask Not and Daddy & Papa. In celebration of LGBT month this June, the Bay Area filmmaker offered BTB his top five, favorite LGBT films. I make non-fiction films about the LGBT experience to help right a wrong: there aren’t nearly enough authentic, complex images of gay people out there. The result is that too…
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Ask Not Snags Outstanding Doc at GLAAD Awards
June 18, 2010ITVS-funded Ask Not by Johnny Symons was honored for Outstanding Documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards earlier this month in San Francisco. Ask Not originally aired in June 2009 on Independent Lens. Equally important is the attention such an award will draw to the national debate over Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT.) The film explores the genesis of that…