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Oscar-Nominated Waltz With Bashir Airs Wednesday on Sundance Channel
June 28, 2011The acclaimed ITVS International documentary, written and directed by Ari Folman, delves into the horrors of the 1982 Lebanon War. Filmmaker Ari Folman's audacious and devastating documentary employs the freedom offered by animation to explore the untrustworthiness of memory, as he reconstructs his experience as an Israeli soldier during the 1982…
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My Perestroika Premieres Tuesday Night on P.O.V.
June 27, 2011My Perestroika paints a complex picture of the dreams and disillusionment of those raised behind the Iron Curtain. Robin Hessman's documentary premieres on P.O.V., Tuesday, June 28 at 10pm (check local listings). When the USSR broke apart in 1991, a generation of young people faced a new realm of possibilities. Filmmaker Robin Hessman follows this last…
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P.O.V. Kicks Off 24th Season with Kings of Pastry
June 21, 2011The acclaimed documentary series starts Tuesday, June 21 on PBS with the American broadcast premiere of Kings of Pastry.As the Independent Lens hangover wears off, another documentary series on PBS kicks off in high gear. P.O.V. opens its 24th season with a mouth-watering premiere of Kings of Pastry by filmmakers Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker — who set…
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Catch ITVS Films and Staff at the Silverdocs Festival
June 20, 2011The Silverdocs Film Festival and Conference kicks off Monday, June 20, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Known as the "pre-eminent documentary festival in the U.S.," Silverdocs is a seven-day international film festival and five-day concurrent conference that promotes documentary film as a leading art form and supports the work of independent…
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NEWLY FUNDED: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Filmmakers Reuben Atlas and Carol Bash
June 17, 2011The Two newly funded ITVS documentaries — Brothers Hypnotic (Reuben Atlas) and Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (Carol Bash) look at the past, present, and future of jazz.Brothers Hypnotic follows the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a Chicago-based brass group featuring the eight sons of legendary jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran, whose music…