Blog
We always have something new in the works. Here's what you need to know.
Recent Posts
-
This Weekend on Indies Showcase, Revisit Two Towns of Jasper
September 16, 2011Veteran ITVS filmmaker Marco Williams has a history of creating films that examine race relations between white and black Americans. Williams provided BTB with some background to his and Whitney Dow’s documentary Two Towns of Jasper, streaming free from September 17 – 19 on ITVS’s Indies Showcase. On September 21, 2011 Lawrence Russell Brewer, one of…
-
FOCUS ON: Kim Snyder, Director of Welcome to Shelbyville
May 28, 2011FOCUS ON is a regular interview series profiling independent filmmakers and their projects. Up this week is Kim Snyder, whose documentary Welcome to Shelbyville, aired on Independent Lens. Why did you originally want to become a filmmaker and has that reason changed? I love film. I've always enjoyed storytelling and I felt a compelling drive to express…
-
Indie Lens, ITVS & PBS NewsHour Host Chat on Bhutto Doc & Women’s Leadership
May 9, 2011On Wednesday, at 2pm ET / 11am PT, ITVS, Independent Lens, and PBS NewsHour will co-present a live chat on the Independent Lens documentary Bhutto and women's leadership.<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=4f3b13c608"…
-
Revisiting a Defining Image on President’s Day
February 21, 2011Doc offers story behind America’s stoic dollar bill image On several occasions in 1796, George Washington visited the home of artist Gilbert Stuart to sit for what is considered one of the most famous portraits ever created — Washington’s stoic image on the one dollar bill.First Face: The Buck Starts Here, airing this month on Public Television (check…
-
The Egyptian Uprising in Context
February 4, 2011ITVS FILMS AND RESOURCES HELP PLACE CURRENT EVENTS INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT ITVS has a history of working with international filmmakers as well as community organizers, educators, and activists to trace the evolution of democracy movements worldwide. Find useful content and resources that will bring the current situation in Egypt into historical…