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Filmmaking Pair Pays Tribute to Joe Papp
November 17, 2011Last month in New York, the Ford Foundation hosted a screening of the ITVS-funded Joe Papp in Five Acts. The filmmaking pair of Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen, who spent more than a decade producing the documentary, offered BTB their impressions of the event and the legendary Joe Papp.The Unofficial Mayor of New York City By Tracie Holder Joe Papp in Five…
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The Year of the Girl Begins: Girl Scouts of the USA 52nd National Convention
November 17, 2011The Girl Scouts of the USA is a major partner for the Women and Girls Lead campaign and last week, they invited ITVS to be a part of their National Convention in Houston, TX. Celebrating the launch of their 100th anniversary activities, the Girl Scouts announced that 2012 will be The Year of the Girl! Women and Girls Lead presented two campaign films: Strong!…
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Up Next on Independent Lens, Deaf Jam
November 2, 2011Founding Series Producer of Independent Lens Lois Vossen, sets up the documentary Deaf Jam by filmmaker Judy Lieff. The film follows Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, as she discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an…
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Tweetback from Donor Unknown via #ILDocClub
October 21, 2011Week two of the new Independent Lens #ILDocClub took off last night on twitter, during the PBS broadcast of Donor Unknown. Be sure to join the conversation next time you're watching Independent Lens on PBS. For now, scroll through some of the chatter from this week's episode, below... Follow @independentlens on twitter for regular updatesFan…
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2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winners Honored through Film
October 20, 2011This year's 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, and pro-democracy campaigner Tawakul Karman of Yemen — will be on display in groundbreaking documentary films as part of public media’s Women and Girls Lead campaign. The co-recipients were honored for their non-violent struggle for…