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Newly Funded: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Roger Ross Williams's God Loves Uganda
June 19, 2012ITVS recently approved funding for the documentary God Loves Uganda by filmmakers Roger Ross Williams (Director/Producer) and Julie Goldman (Producer). God Loves Uganda is a journey into the heart of East Africa, where Ugandan pastors and their American counterparts spread God’s word and evangelical values to millions desperate for a better life.…
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Frameline’s LGBT Festival Presents: Love Free or Die
June 15, 2012Macky Alston’s documentary on the first openly gay bishop Gene Robinson will screen Sunday, June 17 at 4:30pm PT at the Castro Theatre as part of the Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival. BTB caught up with Alston this past January at the Sundance Film Festival — where his documentary played before mass at St. Luke’s Church in Park City. See our wrap…
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Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for The Truth Will Set You Free
October 13, 2011The documentary, by filmmakers Macky Alston and Sandra Itkoff, explores issues of faith, love, marriage, homosexuality, and the Episcopal Church — focusing on the first openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. "The agents of change in America are the folks who I know to watch PBS," said director Macky Alston when asked about why public media was…
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Filmmaker’s Documentary Examines Cult Behavior
April 6, 2011Filmmaker Vangie Griego explains why her documentary God Willing was destined for Public Television. The film airs this April, check local listings. Making God Willing was my educational journey to understand why my nephew, Daniel Garcia and young people like him, make the radical choice to abandon their former lives and families to join the Jim…
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The Calling Wraps Up Tonight on Independent Lens
December 21, 2010Part two of The Calling airs tonight on Independent Lens (check local listings). The two part PBS miniseries, which follows seven Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews on a dramatic journey as they train to become professional clergy, had its broadcast premiere on Monday night. Series Director and Executive Producer of The Calling Danny…