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Flood-Ravaged Pakistan Struggles to Survive
August 18, 2010The recent floods in Pakistan have taken a devastating toll on the nation, affecting as much as a quarter of the country. So far, the death rate has climbed to an estimated 2,000 and the overall damage has affected approximately 20 million Pakistanis. Women and children have been the worst affected, as millions await aid and protection. Touring the wreckage…
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New Independent Lens Season Unveiled in L.A.
August 5, 2010Lois Vossen, series producer for Independent Lens, reports from the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles. Hello from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer Press Tour. The TCA represents 200 journalists who write about television for print and online outlets in the U.S. and Canada. Twice a year, they gather in what Tim…
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In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
July 15, 2010Most documentaries about Mexico tend to focus on its embattled northern border--tales of drug wars and desperate migrants. In Circo, we're led into the belly of rural Mexico, town by town. New York director Aaron Schock offered LAFF audiences his ravishing portrait of a century-old Mexican circus dynasty as they struggle to survive their country's…