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Investing in Education
September 26, 2012Educating the world’s girls and women is one of the best social development investments to be made. But despite gains in access to education, keeping girls in school remains a struggle in the developing world.What started with a case of job burnout and a much needed backpacking trip to Nepal for John Wood, soon evolved into a highly effective non-profit…
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Amelia Nardinelli on Her Mother, Filmmaker Gail Dolgin
July 26, 2011Amelia Nardinelli talks about her mother, filmmaker Gail Dolgin, who passed away last year. Gail's film Daughter from Danang is the first featured documentary streaming free until Wednesday, as part of ITVS's Indies Showcase. The Oscar-nominated film follows the reunion of a Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter after they were separated…
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A Filmmaker Transformed by Her Subject
May 7, 2010Filmmaker Leslie Wiener-Legrand (Teacher, premiering May 9 on Global Voices on PBS WORLD, check local listings) went to Ho Chi Minh City fully intending to make a travel documentary about Vietnam for the Lonely Planet franchise. But as she spent time in the city scouting out locales to highlight for prospective tourists, she found it ever more difficult to…
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At the Toronto International Film Festival: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA
September 17, 2009The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which kicked off last week, is considered one of the top festivals in the world. This year, two ITVS films are in competition. Read the article below from the TIFF blog, by Heidy Morales, about the ITVS film THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers and the audience’s…
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Watch These ITVS Programs This Month on Public Television
May 21, 2009BOLINAO 52, premiering this month on public television (check local listings). In 1988 a group of Vietnamese boat people attempted to flee their country in search of freedom. Once at sea the boat's engine died leaving over 100 people stranded in the ocean. What happens next is an unbelievable story of perseverance that changed the lives of the survivors…