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Indie Lens, ITVS & PBS NewsHour Host Chat on Bhutto Doc & Women’s Leadership
May 9, 2011On Wednesday, at 2pm ET / 11am PT, ITVS, Independent Lens, and PBS NewsHour will co-present a live chat on the Independent Lens documentary Bhutto and women's leadership.<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=4f3b13c608"…
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Childlike Politics on Global Voices
May 8, 2011Please Vote For Me airs Sunday night on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel. Set in the city of Wuhan in central China, the film follows three 8-year-old elementary school students as they campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. Viewers interested in the film should definitely take a look at this clip from This American Life. Host Ira Glass…
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A Deeper Look Behind A Film Unfinished
May 6, 2011A Film Unfinished aired Tuesday night on Independent Lens. Recently, filmmaker Yael Hersonski dropped by ITVS for an in-depth discussion about the infamous Nazi propaganda footage examined in her film. Also watch this bonus interview with archivist Adrian Wood on how the extra reel of footage highlighted in A Film Unfinished was discovered. …
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NEWLY FUNDED: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Samantha Grant's Doc, A Fragile Trust
May 5, 2011ITVS recently approved funding for the documentary A Fragile Trust: Jayson Blair and The New York Times, which takes an inside look at the plagiarism scandal that rocked the paper in 2003.A Fragile Trust by Samantha Grant tells the dramatic story of Jayson Blair, a young reporter whose shocking lies dealt a serious blow to the New York Times and forced the…
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Create Your Multimedia Documentary Dream Team
April 9, 2011ITVS’ Steve Goldbloom reports from the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston. Kara Oehler is the Executive Director of Media and Place Productions and the co-creator of Mapping Main Street — a collaborative documentary media project that creates a new map of the country through stories, photos, and videos recorded on actual Main Streets. The…