Press Releases
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A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
March 13, 2006Visit the program companion website (San Francisco)—Entertaining, witty, and downright suspenseful, A LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN chronicles the resurgence of an unlikely sport—bowling—and what happens when three former Microsoft executives purchase the Professional Bowlers Association: lock stock, and bowling ball. The film focuses on…
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California and the American Dream
March 3, 2006(San Francisco) CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, a new four-part series narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt, explores the dynamics of culture, community and identity in one of the world's most diverse regions. In the last 35 years, California, a state with the world's sixth-largest economy, has seen dramatic changes in social,…
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TROOP 1500
February 2, 2006CONTACT Mary Lugo, 770-623-8190, lugo@negia.net Cara White, 843-881-1480, carapub@aol.com Randall Cole, 415-356-8383 x254, randall_cole@itvs.org Desiree Gutierrez, 415-356-8383 x244, desiree_gutierrez@itvs.org Visit the program companion website (San Francisco)—Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers and drug dealers, but…
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Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City
January 31, 2006CONTACTCara White, 843-881-1480, carapub@aol.comMary Lugo, 770-623-8190, lugo@negia.netRandall Cole, 415-356-8383 x254, randall_cole@itvs.orgDesiree Gutierrez, 415-356-8383 x244, desiree_gutierrez@itvs.org Visit the program companion website (San Francisco)—What if your gender was a disqualifying factor in applying for a job? And…
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ITVS & PBS Announce Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival
January 31, 2006Tiffany Woolf, ITVS, 415-356-8383, ext 250, tiffany_woolf@itvs.org Kevin Dando, PBS, 703-739-5073, kdando@pbs.org 10 Shorts to Showcase on PBS.org (San Francisco) Independent Lens, "The film festival in your living room" now brings you "a film festival at your fingertips." ITVS and PBS announced today the first-ever Independent Lens Online…