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Believing in Yourself and Your Story
May 9, 2018Councilwoman follows the story of Carmen, a hotel housekeeper and mother from the Dominican Republic striving to advocate for low-income workers from the margins to Providence, Rhode Island city politics. Her journey encourages us all to reflect on who should be responsible for the decision-making in our communities. Margo Guernsey, director of…
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Three ITVS-Funded Documentaries Will Receive Peabody Awards
April 17, 2018Now in it’s 77th year, the Peabody Awards announced the winners of the 2018 documentary prize. Of the nine documentaries that will be receiving awards, three are ITVS-funded; Newtown, Deej, and Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise will be honored on May 19 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York."Our documentary filmmakers know what hard work is all about," noted…
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Danfung Dennis - Filmmaker, Photographer, and VR Storyteller - Joins the ITVS Board
April 12, 2018New ITVS board member Danfung Dennis brings traditional and cutting edge storytelling perspective to the ITVS governing body.
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When Your Film Protagonist Finds You
March 8, 2018ITVS-funded filmmaker Erika Cohn to discuss the unexpected joy in meeting Judge Kholoud and the project that became The Judge.
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Using Data to Measure Impact
February 27, 2018How do you know if documentary film makes a difference in the world? If you’re a social scientist, you evaluate it.That’s what the Aspen Planning and Evaluation Program did in one of the most extensive studies ever to look at the impact of documentary film in a global development setting (173 pages with attachments, for those counting). The recently…
