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Emmy Winner Geoffrey Smith on The English Surgeon
September 29, 2010Filmmaker Geoffrey Smith has made more than 22 films throughout his career and has collected numerous awards for his work. On Monday night, he picked up an Emmy for The English Surgeon, his film about a British neurosurgeon who confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine. The documentary was supported…
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Lois Vossen on Emmy Honors for the Fourth Estate
September 28, 2010Independent Lens Series Producer and ITVS Vice President, Lois Vossen, was on hand Monday night in New York for the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Earlier today she filed this report for BTB, on an evening that bestowed plenty of laurels on public television. A warm September rain didn't dampen the News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The…
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And the Emmy Goes to...
September 28, 2010The English Surgeon! Congratulations to director/producer Geoffrey Smith and co-producer Rachel Wexler on picking up an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming. The film aired last year on P.O.V. and received funding from ITVS International. The documentary follows a British neurosurgeon as he confronts the dilemmas of the…
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ITVS Up for Five News & Documentary Emmys Monday
September 27, 2010Five ITVS programs stand to win an Emmy tonight at the Lincoln Center in New York for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Awards. Among the nominees are three Independent Lens programs — Tulia, Texas; No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos; and Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Two Emmy nominations also went to the ITVS programs The Way We Get By and The…
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Bioneers Moving Image Festival Screens FUTURESTATES
September 27, 2010The Bioneers Conference — held in San Rafael, CA from Oct. 15-17 — is a leading-edge forum that presents breakthrough solutions for people and planet. This year, ITVS’s FUTURESTATES series will be screened at the event as part of their Moving Image Festival. Media Project Manager Aaron Leventman will be heading up those efforts and filed this report for…