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  1. New Primetime Home for Indie Series Emerges From Independent Strategy Task Force Meetings

    May 9, 2012

    ITVS president and CEO Sally Jo Fifer applauds year-round Monday slot on PBS core schedule to help meet first-order mission of public broadcasting. I’m pleased to report that the Independent Strategy Task Force has emerged from months of conversation to deliver a new 10 p.m. primetime slot on Monday nights for Independent Lens and POV.  This is great news…

  2. The 6th World Premieres on FUTURESTATES

    May 8, 2012

    Directed by Nanobah Becker the film will be available to stream for free at futurestates.tv and simultaneously on pbs.org.  Navajo Astronaut Tazbah Redhouse is a pilot on the first spaceship sent to colonize Mars. But a mysterious dream the night before her departure indicates there may be more to her mission than she understands. Watch filmmaker…

  3. The ITVS Indies Roundup

    May 4, 2012

    A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Sadly, film festivals are wrapping up this week. Hot Docs in Toronto, the largest North American documentary festival, closes this weekend. The event brimmed with films about edgy artists, such as Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. At Hot Docs today, filmmakers are protesting the…

  4. What’s Different About Karla’s Arrival?

    May 3, 2012

      Many films have been made about street children. Some good, some not. The kids are a thankful target for filmmakers like myself, as we ardently become sponges for their heartfelt stories. With so much done already, why then, I was often asked, make another documentary about one? The answer is simple: by means of a compelling story which accompanies a young…

  5. Crossover Premieres on FUTURESTATES

    May 1, 2012

    Directed by Tina Mabry the film will be available to stream for free at futurestates.tv and simultaneously on pbs.org. An online social screening of the short will take place here this Friday, May 4 at 11am PT / 2pm ET. In a future where schools are segregated by economic status, a struggling mother must decide whether to sell her own organs to give her…

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