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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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Oakland Rallies Behind The Interrupters
February 14, 2012Last week, Community Cinema broke records at the Oakland Museum of California with more than 450 audience members in attendance for The Interrupters. The documentary, by filmmaker Steve James, will premiere Tuesday February 14 on PBS' FRONTLINE. Watch a clip from the Community screening in Oakland, below: In partnership with KQED, The Ella Baker…
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Community Cinema Rocks the Bay Area
July 6, 2010Sara Brissenden-Smith, regional outreach coordinator for the Bay Area, gives us highlights from a season of Community Cinema screenings. I just completed my first full season of Community Cinema — that’s 18 screenings, with more than 30 community partners, 40 panelists, and more than 1,000 audience members.Copyright Criminals brought out some of our…
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Donate Life California and ITVS Partner for D TOUR Community Cinema Screening
September 17, 2009Currently there are more than 100,000 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, of which 20,000 on the wait list live in California. Due to a lack of donors, 18 patients die every day awaiting a second chance at life. Donate Life California and ITVS have recently partnered to spread awareness about organ donation for the upcoming Community Cinema…
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The Masculinity Project: Watch Tonight’s Virtual Screening of NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN: Oscar Grant Tribute
July 30, 2009The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and Independent Television Service (ITVS) joined up to present a web-based “virtual screening” series, which showcases some of the latest short documentaries from the Masculinity Project. Be sure to check out tonight’s virtual screening at 8:00 PM EDT of the film NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN: Oscar Grant…