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Several ITVS Films Nominated for IDA Awards
October 29, 2010Nominees for the 2010 IDA Documentary Awards were announced this week, with many of the year’s most buzzed-about titles and festival favorites making the list. Several ITVS films were nominated, including a handful from Independent Lens. Winners will be announced on December 3 at the Directors Guild Theater in Los Angeles in a ceremony hosted by…
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Daniel Ellsberg Up Close on P.O.V.
October 5, 2010In 1971, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, a top war planner, leaked top-secret documents to The New York Times that led to what many consider the toppling of President Nixon and the end of the Vietnam War. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers — airing Tuesday night on P.O.V. (check local listings) — looks at how one man risked it all and…
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Lois Vossen on Emmy Honors for the Fourth Estate
September 28, 2010Independent Lens Series Producer and ITVS Vice President, Lois Vossen, was on hand Monday night in New York for the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Earlier today she filed this report for BTB, on an evening that bestowed plenty of laurels on public television. A warm September rain didn't dampen the News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The…
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And the Emmy Goes to...
September 28, 2010The English Surgeon! Congratulations to director/producer Geoffrey Smith and co-producer Rachel Wexler on picking up an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming. The film aired last year on P.O.V. and received funding from ITVS International. The documentary follows a British neurosurgeon as he confronts the dilemmas of the…
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P.O.V. Explores America Post 9/11
September 20, 2010Tuesday night on P.O.V., tune into The Oath, the second installment in a trilogy about America post-9/11. The first film, My Country, My Country, documented the U.S. occupation of Iraq from the perspective of an Iraqi family. The third film will focus on domestic surveillance. Filmed in Yemen, The Oath is a family drama about two men whose fateful encounter…