In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

Posted on October 26, 2009

 


Correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Megum Sasaki, the director and producer of HERB & DOROTHY. [TRT: 7 minutes]. Listen now >>

 

 


"Independent Lens begins its eighth season with Megumi Sasaki’s HERB & DOROTHY, about the unlikely art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel of New York, which Nathan Lee called a 'modest, touching documentary' in The New York Times." Read more >>


Director Bo Boudart discusses his film POWER PATHS on New American Media. Listen now >>


“...Roberta Grossman’s beautifully made BLESSED IS THE MATCH… Won audience awards at numerous Jewish film festivals and a spot on the shortlist for the Academy Award for best documentary feature (though it ultimately didn’t receive a nomination). It also is slated to air next April on PBS." Read more >>

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