Projects

From acclaimed independent films to groundbreaking interactive stories. See the projects we help drive and create.

Films

We fund untold stories that reach millions of people on public television and beyond. Our award-winning films premiere on Independent Lens, POV, American Masters, and FRONTLINE.

Featured film Projects

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Let the Little Light Shine

A high-achieving elementary school just south of downtown Chicago is a lifeline for Black children—until gentrification threatens its closure.
Outta The Muck

A fiercely self-determined family in the deep south resists despair with love in this unique narrative of Black achievement.
Mama Bears

Conservative, Christian beliefs have defined their entire lives, but now they’re championing their LGBTQ children. A mama bear's love is ferocious.

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JoeBill Muñoz

JoeBill Muñoz is a Mexican-American director and producer. He’s currently working on a scripted series with Left/Right and The New York Times, and directing an independent feature documentary. His work has been supported by the Sundance Documentary Fund, Firelight Media, ITVS, SFFILM, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, and others.

ITVS Projects
- Maletero
Alexis Neophytides

Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker whose work centers around community and how we find meaning in people and place. She is the co-creator and co-director of Neighborhood Slice, a documentary series chronicling the evolution of New York City neighborhoods, and she produced and directed the series 9.99, for which she won a New York Regional… Show more Emmy. Show less

ITVS Projects
- Fire Through Dry Grass
Brittany Shyne

Brittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker working on SEEDS, her first feature documentary. She is an alumni of the 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab cohort and is a Firelight Media Fellow 2020-2022. Shyne received her MFA in Documentary Media from Northwestern University and a BFA in Motion Pictures from Wright State University.

ITVS Projects
- SEEDS

Digital & Interactive

We’re creating new ways to share stories.

Featured Digital & Interactive Projects

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The Dancing Man of L.A.

One man dance party Howard Mordoh, a longtime fixture of the LA concert scene, copes with the cancelled concerts and isolation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior Prom

For residents of the Triangle Square retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning—a celebration of the lives and legacies of a trailblazing LGBTQ generation.
When I'm Her

Michael was a ballet prodigy with his career ahead of him, but when life doesn’t go as planned, he finds refuge from trauma and liberation as his alter ego, Russian ballet instructor, Madame Olga.

Projects

Films

Featured film Projects

Let the Little Light Shine

Outta The Muck

Mama Bears

We fund untold stories for public media.

Meet ITVS Filmmakers

JoeBill Muñoz

ITVS Projects

Alexis Neophytides

ITVS Projects

Brittany Shyne

ITVS Projects

Digital & Interactive

Featured Digital & Interactive Projects

The Dancing Man of L.A.

Senior Prom

When I'm Her

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