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Paula Kerger Celebrates The Arts on Independent Lens
December 19, 2011PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger pays tribute to Independent Lens's continued commitment to the arts. The Emmy Award-winning series will feature two arts-focused documentaries this month, beginning this week with The Woodmans, followed by These Amazing Shadows on December 29. Watch the trailers after the jump.The Woodmans (premiering…
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ITVS Picks Up Honors at IDA Awards
December 3, 2011The IDA Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking and on Friday in Los Angeles the ITVS-funded Better This World collected the prize for Best Music. Plus, ITVS's longstanding partner POV earned Best Continuing Series — a well deserved recognition for their 25 year commitment to independently produced documentary…
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Six ITVS Documentaries to Screen in Competition at Sundance 2012
November 30, 2011On Wednesday, ITVS welcomed the announcement that six of its funded films have been selected to screen in competition at the upcoming 2012 Sundance Film Festival (January 19-29). ITVS domestic co-productions claimed four of the 16 spots in this year’s U.S. Documentary competition and two of the 12 spots in the World Documentary competition. There could…
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ITVS in the News
November 30, 2011A 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…
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Mary-Louise Parker Says: "Join the Club!"
November 10, 2011Trouble rallying friends for book club? Mary-Louise Parker invites indie film lovers across the country to rally during PBS broadcasts of Independent Lens under #ILDocClub on twitter. Join the conversation each week with fresh reactions from viewers and some of the most provocative independent filmmakers on the planet.