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The Island President Heads to TIFF
September 8, 2011The ITVS-funded film by Jon Shenk will screen Saturday, September 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival at 6:30pm in the TIFF Bell Lightbox 2.The Island President follows the globetrotting journey of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, who, after bringing democracy to his country, takes up the fight…
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Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer of Xmas Without China
September 7, 2011The documentary Xmas Without China follows Tom Xia's journey as he challenges a California family to celebrate Christmas without any products from China. Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer are among several new recipients of ITVS's Open Call Funding.The filmmaking pair discussed the project on a recent visit to the SF. Check out the video after the…
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Introducing the 10th Season of Independent Lens
September 7, 2011Independent Lens announced Wednesday the launch of its 10th season on PBS featuring a remarkable lineup of 30 films from a broad range of talented independent filmmakers. The Emmy Award-winning series moves to Thursday nights at 10pm (check local listings) and will premiere on October 13, 2011, with Wham! Bam! Islam! The fall season of Independent Lens…
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Better This World: POV Film Examines Plot Behind a Protest
September 6, 2011By Hari SreenivasanThe ITVS-funded doc Better this World airs Tuesday, September 6 on POV. PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan, who regularly moderates live chats on BTB, profiles Katie Galloway's and Kelly Duane de la Vega's acclaimed film. This post first appeared on Hari's daily news blog, The Rundown. "Better this World" is the name of a film airing on…
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Murdoch Meltdown Solidifies the Value of Public Media
September 5, 2011Sally Jo Fifer calls on public media leaders to put “new technology to work for a public interest free from the gravity of profit.”Information is valuable. It’s valuable to those of us working in public media and it’s valuable to Rupert Murdoch, who started out owning a single Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper and ended up building the $33 billion News…