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  1. Looking In: An Update from ITVS Production

    October 7, 2011

    Managing Director of Production Richard O’Connell, provides the first in a series of updates on some of the latest initiatives for independents at ITVS. Welcome to the first in a series of updates on the production side of the public media world at large — in particular at ITVS, where our production team is working with filmmakers on more than 150 programs

  2. Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer of Xmas Without China

    September 7, 2011

    The documentary Xmas Without China follows Tom Xia's journey as he challenges a California family to celebrate Christmas without any products from China. Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer are among several new recipients of ITVS's Open Call Funding.The filmmaking pair discussed the project on a recent visit to the SF. Check out the video after the

  3. The Reconstruction of Asa Carter Screens in Birmingham

    August 25, 2011

    The documentary by filmmakers Marco Ricci and Douglas Newman will screen at the 13th annual Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival in Birmingham, AL on Sunday, August 28 at 12:30pm at the Hill Event Center.The Reconstruction of Asa Carter explores the life and legacy of the best-selling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Education of Little Tree —

  4. ITVS Announces Funding for 30 Mosques in 30 States Project

    August 24, 2011

    30 Mosques in 30 States is a unique, multimedia portrait of diverse Muslim communities throughout America. Part travel blog, part photo essay, part video diary, and part mobile application, 30 Mosques in 30 States is an original documentary experience developed by digital media producers Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq – two young Muslim Americans who set out

  5. Precious Knowledge Premieres in NYC

    August 17, 2011

    The documentary will screen on August 17 and 18 at 4pm at the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea.  A Q&A with filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis will follow the screening.The ITVS-funded Precious Knowledge is the gripping, current-headlines account of Tucson High School students and teachers forming the front line of an epic civil rights battle to save their