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Visit the program companion website “I just wasn't going to allow white men to have that much authority over me.” —Robert Williams Taken from the title of Robert Williams's 1962 manifesto entitled Negroes with Guns, NEGROES WITH GUNS: ROB WILLIAMS AND BLACK POWER tells the wrenching story of the now-forgotten civil rights activist who dared to…

Visit the program companion website For the First Time Ever, the Amazing Story of Oakley Hall III (San Francisco)—In 1978, Oakley Hall III, the brilliant and wildly charismatic founder of the Lexington Conservatory Theater, had it all—he was genius uncorked. Living as king of a fiercely loyal band of actors/acolytes, his writing flowed as smoothly as…

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: May 25, 2006 (San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announces LINCS 2006 (Local Independents Collaborating with Stations), a unique funding initiative that gives independent producers and local public television stations the opportunity to work together. The deadline for applications is May 25,…

CONTACT: Randall Cole, ITVS, 415.356.8383, ext. 254 or randall_cole@itvs.org Tiffany Woolf, ITVS, 415.356.8383, ext. 250 or tiffany_woolf@itvs.org Cara White, 843.881.1480 or carapub@aol.com (San Francisco) — The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that A LION IN THE HOUSE and BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs In…

Visit the program companion website Cycles of violence, drugs and hopelessness are broken when girls find work at a center for young women's development (San Francisco)—Although the youth crime rate in San Francisco declined in the past decade, the number of girls in the juvenile justice system doubled. Shot over the course of four years, GIRL TROUBLE…