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From Trash to Trade: The Garbage Dreams Game
April 21, 2010Filmed over four years, director Mai Iskander’s documentary Garbage Dreams goes inside the world of Egypt’s Zaballeen (Arabic for “garbage people”) to reveal the lives of three teenage boys born into the trash trade. Premiering on Independent Lens on April 27th (check local listings), the broadcast of Garbage Dreams is accompanied by the Garbage…
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ITVS Funding Opportunity - LINCS
April 21, 2010Looking for film funding? ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. We work with independent producers to create and present programs that take creative risks, advance issues and represent points of view not usually seen on public or commercial television. ITVS is committed to programming that addresses the…
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Los Angeles and San Francisco Proclaim April 20th to be "Dirt Day"
April 20, 2010The cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have issued proclamations naming April 20th to be “Dirt Day” in honor of Dirt! The Movie, the award-winning documentary airing nationwide on PBS’ Independent Lens tonight at 10 PM (check local listings). San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Councilwoman Jan Perry will sign the official Dirt! Day…
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Dirt! The Movie Premieres Tonight on Independent Lens on PBS
April 20, 2010"Charming... Dirt! The Movie digs deep into soil. -San Francisco Chronicle "An invigorating look at an invaluable substance we take for granted that makes the case that 'dirt might be more alive than we are.'" -Los Angeles Times It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s…
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Community Cinema Screens Dirt! The Movie in Monterey, CA
April 19, 2010Community Cinema recently hosted a screening of the Independent Lens film Dirt! The Movie in Monterey, CA. The film looks at how industrial farming, mining, and urban development have endangered soil and resulted in cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods, and climate change. Find out what happened at the screening from Elsa Dooling of…