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  1. ITVS Funded Films Receive Three Nominations for the 2011 IDA Awards

    November 2, 2011

    Three ITVS projects received nominations for the 2011 IDA Awards which will be held on December 2nd in Los Angeles. The IDA Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking and three ITVS funded films received nominations for the 2011 Awards. All three nominees were originally broadcast on the award-winning PBS series POV.  See…

  2. Up Next on Independent Lens, Lives Worth Living

    October 27, 2011

    The documentary, by filmmaker Eric Neudel, follows one man's struggle to survive after a spinal cord injury and his role in the earliest days of the Disability Rights Movement. Watch the video below as Independent Lens Series Producer Lois Vossen sets up the film. Remember to participate in our weekly Independent Lens film club. Tonight, join filmmaker…

  3. ITVS Announces Funding for Eight International Productions through The Global Perspectives Project

    October 24, 2011

    ITVS has contracted with eight international documentary projects from its 2011 International Call. The next International Call deadline is December 9, 2011.In the Shadow of the Sun by filmmakers Harry Freeland and Brian Hill are among the eight international projects slated to receive ITVS funding.ITVS announced that it has contracted with eight…

  4. Tweetback from Donor Unknown via #ILDocClub

    October 21, 2011

    Week two of the new Independent Lens #ILDocClub took off last night on twitter, during the PBS broadcast of Donor Unknown. Be sure to join the conversation next time you're watching Independent Lens on PBS. For now, scroll through some of the chatter from this week's episode, below... Follow @independentlens on twitter for regular updatesFan…

  5. Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for The Truth Will Set You Free

    October 13, 2011

    The documentary, by filmmakers Macky Alston and Sandra Itkoff, explores issues of faith, love, marriage, homosexuality, and the Episcopal Church — focusing on the first openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. "The agents of change in America are the folks who I know to watch PBS," said director Macky Alston when asked about why public media was…

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