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San Francisco Gets a Peek at Academy Award-Nominated Waste Land
February 18, 2011Filmmaker Lucy Walker attended a screening in SF on Wednesday Lucy Walker’s Oscar-nominated doc Waste Land will have its broadcast premiere April 19 on Independent Lens on PBS, but San Francisco got a sneak peak this week in an exclusive screening and reception. ITVS co-hosted a screening of Waste Land this past Wednesday as the film and its director Lucy…
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Oscar Nominee Lucy Walker Chats Live with ITVS
February 9, 2011WASTE LAND DIRECTOR DISCUSSES FILM AND OSCAR NOMINATION Live Chat with Lucy Walker Filmmaker Lucy Walker will be joining us for a live chat on Wednesday, February 9 at 1 PM (Pacific) to talk about her film Waste Land. The documentary, which airs April 19 on Independent Lens has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film follows…
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Ring in Chinese New Year with Last Train Home
February 3, 2011There is no better to film to honor Chinese New Year than Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home, which is coming this season to P.O.V. Set against the backdrop of the world’s largest annual human migration, the documentary follows the Zhang family who travel home on Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter. Watch the trailer after the jump. watch…
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ITVS Docs Headed to SXSW 2011
February 2, 2011The South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival has announced the features lineup for this year’s festival, which will take place March 11-19 in Austin, Texas. Among the films announced are two ITVS projects: Better This World, by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega and Where Soldiers Come From by Heather Courtney. Congratulations to the…
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For Once in My Life airs tonight on Independent Lens
February 1, 2011Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at SXSW, For Once in My Life is the story of a unique band of singers and musicians, and their journey to show the world the greatness -- and killer soundtrack -- within each of them. The 28 band members have a wide range of mental and physical disabilities, as well as musical abilities that extend into ranges of…