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  1. Joint Task Force Working to Boost Audience for Indies on PBS

    March 14, 2012

    ITVS, POV, and PBS Leadership Meet Weekly to Develop New Indies Strategy During most of the past decade, Independent Lens and POV together have provided a year-round broadcast slot of independent documentary films, airing on Tuesday nights at 10 PM, with POV running June to October with special presentations in other months and Independent…

  2. Newly Funded: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Christina Ibarra’s Marthas

    March 14, 2012

    ITVS recently approved funding for the documentary Marthas by filmmakers Christina Ibarra (Director/Co-Producer) and Erin Ploss-Campoamor (Co-Producer).Marthas is a one-hour documentary that follows the year-long preparations of Mexican American teenagers debuting in the annual Martha Washington Society Ball in Laredo, Texas. The Ball, a…

  3. Women and Girls Lead Presents a Social Screening of Taking Root

    March 13, 2012

    Join us for an online social screening of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai this Wednesday, March 14th at 1pm PT/4pm ET. The event, which takes place exclusively online, will feature special guests Lisa Merton, director of Taking Root, Kelly Blynn, co-coordinator of 350.org, and Stephen Millls, director of Greenbelt Movement US. Participants…

  4. New Partnership Reimagines Documentary Storytelling on the Web

    March 12, 2012

    ITVS has partnered with Mozilla, the Tribeca Film Institute, BAVC, and the Center for Social Media to create the Living Docs Project — a new film community inspired by our original collaboration with Mozilla last October. Launching Monday, the Living Docs Project brings together documentary filmmakers, developers, funders, and the audience to make…

  5. A FUTURESTATES Wish For The Future

    March 9, 2012

    It's time for SXSW and the buzz-heavy festival is ramping up this weekend with thousands attendees, and hundreds of panels, meet ups, screenings, and more. FUTURESTATES is hosting a panel called Prototyping the Future, where we'll be announcing an exciting new project.FUTURESTATES is co-producing a new participatory storytelling project from…

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