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  1. Four ITVS Films Up for Independent Spirit Awards

    November 30, 2011

    Among the docs nominated are: The Interrupters, Where Soldiers Come From, We Were Here, and Hell and Back Again — the last two will air this season on Independent Lens.Join ITVS in congratulating all the filmmakers and check out the trailers after the jump.Hell and Back Again By Danfung Dennis (Director/Producer), Mike Lerner (Producer), Martin Herring…

  2. ITVS in the News

    November 30, 2011

    A sampling of coverage from PBS NewsHour, The Boston Herald, NPR, and more…PBS NewsHour's The Rundown: We Still Live Here Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film We Still Live Here, which tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native…

  3. Notes from Amsterdam: A Wrap Up of IDFA

    November 29, 2011

    More than a dozen ITVS docs screened at last week’s IDFA festival in Amsterdam. Senior Series producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen participated in the special FORUM event and offered BTB this wrap up report.The 19th FORUM took place in Amsterdam on November 21-23 as part of 25th annual International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The current…

  4. Over a Dozen ITVS Films at IDFA

    November 25, 2011

    IDFA is one of the world's leading documentary film festivals, held annually in Amsterdam in November, since 1988.  This year, BTB is proud to report that over a dozen ITVS films will be showcased at IDFA. Congratulations to all the filmmakers! See a complete list of the films — and watch the trailers — after the jump. Bitter Seeds Family Portrait in Black…

  5. Reel Injun Revisited on Independent Lens

    November 24, 2011

    Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian by Neil Diamond — which premiered on Independent Lens last season — is an exciting, insightful and entertaining documentary about the evolution of the image of North American Native people (“The Indians”) in famous Hollywood movies, from the silent era to today. The film earned a George Foster Peabody Award…

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