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The Lexicon of Sustainability: Q & A with Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton
May 21, 2012Douglas Gayeton’s The Lexicon of Sustainability is a multiplatform project which uses photo collage, animation, and hand-written typography to explore terms and ideas behind sustainable agriculture. KQED's Jenny Oh interviewed Gayeton for Bay Area Bites on the inspiration behind the project, the creative visual aspect, and more.The visuals for…
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KQED Tackles Dropout Crisis with Town Hall Meeting
March 26, 2012ITVS's Community Classroom, along with over 150 Bay Area educators, gathered at Laney College for KQED's town hall meeting about the dropout crisis.Here are some startling facts:Every year, roughly 1.3 million students in the U.S. drop out of high school. That's 7,000 students each day.More than 20 percent of California high school students drop out of…
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ITVS Joins Leading Bay Area Media Groups to Celebrate Teachers
September 19, 2011This past month, over 100 media-savy educators attended the first Bay Area Media Innovators in Education event in San Francisco. The event was co-hosted by ITVS, KQED, BAVC, and the San Francisco Film Society.At a time when school budgets are tight, it is rare for teachers to get treated to wine, gourmet treats, and free media content. But ITVS and four…
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Revisit Our Live Chat on Gender Identity, Violence, and Two Spirits
June 9, 2011On Monday, June 13, leaders from the LGBT community joined ITVS, KQED, and Independent Lens for a discussion about issues raised in the film Two Spirits.<a href="https://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=7d64a21c0f"…
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Watch Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter, this Weekend on PBS
May 6, 2011Follow the making of a contemporary opera in Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter — airing Sunday, May 8, on PBS. The documentary is based on the best-selling novel by Amy Tan. Journey of the Bonesetter's Daughter, a film by Monica Lam, David Petersen, and Fawn Ring, follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The…