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1. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   January 21, 2013

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. More documentary films are being made now than ever. To make sense of their impact, social scientists are using Big Data to measure cultural shifts within social media. People of all professions go through quarter-life crises, but young filmmakers have a specific set of…

2. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   October 19, 2012

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. The director of concert documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year has found an even more intimate subject to cover for her next nonfiction film. Xan Aranda will explore the Mormon film industry and her own disillusionment from the faith. She dished out the details to Chicago WBEZ’s The…

3. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   July 6, 2012

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Want to know how to make money? No, I mean, really, like how money is minted? This fascinating 1920 silent documentary shows how gold is melted into coins. Enough about dusty old documentaries. This upcoming film about the Tropicalia music movement in Brazil promises to leave you…

4. The ITVS Indies Roundup

   June 1, 2012

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Want a work-related excuse to visit the Big Apple? Our friends at POV are hosting a hackathon for storytellers and developers on the weekend of August 11-12 in NYC. The call for participants opened this week, and the deadline is June 29. Thankfully, the filmmaker applications…

5. The ITVS Indie Roundup

   March 2, 2012

   A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Have you ever wondered what makes YouTube videos go viral? Get the answer and “why that even matters” in this insightful TED Talk that references such classics as Double Rainbow and the world-traveling Nyan Cat. This year’s Oscars boded well for filmmakers outside the Hollywood…