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  1. A Social Media Recap of ITVS@Sundance

    January 31, 2011

     ITVS staff and films were all over this year’s Sundance Film Festival and we have the tweets to prove it. Our own social media guru Jonathan Archer (@jonarcher) storified a week’s worth of ITVS-related events in Park City including the Sundance Documentary Editing Award for If a Tree Falls. Bring yourself up to speed with the social media story below…

  2. Find ITVS Staff at Sundance

    January 25, 2011

     ITVS is well represented at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City. In addition to having two films competing in the festival and another two hosting their doc premiere, two ITVS execs are also on-hand for industry meetings. Vice Presidents Claire Aguilar (programming) and Lois Vossen (series producer of Independent Lens) will both be

  3. Half-Dozen ITVS Films Selected by American Library Association

    January 13, 2011

    The American Library Association (ALA) has published its 2011 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of 15 outstanding programs released on video within the past two years and suitable for all libraries serving adults. Six ITVS films are among the documentaries selected: • Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity • Garbage Dreams • Herb

  4. Art Films from Independent Lens on Display at TCA

    January 7, 2011

    This weekend, Independent Lens will prominently feature three art-related programs at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, California. Building on the system-wide arts programming initiative led by PBS, the panel presentation represents three of four films to premiere in April 2011 on Independent Lens as part of Artist

  5. Lessons from the Lab: Driving The Parking Lot Movie

    January 6, 2011

    IndiesLab Director Davin Hutchins runs through the digital successes achieved by the Independent Lens film, The Parking Lot Movie. For those of you who aren’t aware of the mission of IndiesLab, it is a joint initiative of ITVS and PBS and our goal is to test and devise strategies for filmmaker success on emerging online distribution platforms. Our