Press Releases
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Independent Lens Documentary Seoul Train Wins Prestigious DuPont Award
January 17, 2007(San Francisco, CA) The Independent Television Service (ITVS), announced today that one of its acclaimed films, SEOUL TRAIN, has been honored with broadcast journalism’s highest award: the Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Award for excellence in television and radio journalism. Chosen from a pool of 526 entries, this year’s 14 duPont winners…
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Miss Navajo Premieres in the Spectrum Program at 2007 Sundance Film Festival
January 17, 2007CONTACT: Randall Cole, ITVS: 415.356.8383 x254, randall_cole@itvs.orgTim Etheridge, ITVS: 415.356.8383 x250, tim_etheridge@itvs.org AT SUNDANCE:Randall Cole: 415.425.3050 (cell)Tim Etheridge: 415.786.1377 (cell) Press release >>Film synopsis >>Production bios >>Key character bios >> (San Francisco, CA)-…
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Banished to Premiere at 2007 Sundance Film Festival
January 9, 2007NEW YORK, NY – BANISHED, a film revealing a shameful yet little-known chapter in the history of race relations in America, will premiere January 22 in the documentary competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, the premier showcase for the best new work of American and international independent filmmakers. In BANISHED, filmmaker Marco Williams…
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
January 4, 2007Visit the program companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhyme sis a fascinating, personal and heartfelt documentary that goes beyond the bling to explore gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique”…
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Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
January 4, 2007Visit the program companion website (San Francisco, CA) — BILLY STRAYHORN: LUSH LIFE portrays one of American music’s least known musical geniuses: the pioneering African American jazz composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn, best known as Duke Ellington’s long-time collaborator and composing companion. BILLY STRAYHORN: LUSH…