In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

Posted on October 12, 2009

Writer-at-Large Lisa Kogan interviews Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, subjects of HERB & DOROTHY [Free iTunes download, TRT: 11 minutes]. Listen now >>


"’HERB & DOROTHY: 'Delightful’ sums up this story and its characters, all the more so because they are so unlikely.” Read full review >>


“In BETWEEN THE FOLDS filmmaker Vanessa Gould explores the expression of mathematics through origami.” Read full review >>


“Filmmaker Werner Herzog lends his voice to Ramin Bahrani’s lovely 18-minute whirlwind, PLASTIC BAG. It’s one of the 11 films that make up FutureStates, a new series commissioned by The Independent Television Service (ITVS).” Read article >>

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