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  1. COMMUNITY CLASSROOM: Women’s Empowerment

    September 29, 2009

    Despite the spread of globalization, democracy and digital communication, many women and girls are left out of important advancements that have deep implications on their quality of life. Furthermore, women represent only 16 percent of world parliamentarians but 60-70 percent of the world’s uneducated and poor. With a unique strategy to help educate,…

  2. Watch SEÑORITA EXTRAVIADA on Global Voices on PBS WORLD

    September 4, 2009

    "Lourdes Portillo's elegiac SEÑORITA EXTRAVIADA documents with low-key persistence the conditions in Ciudad Juárez," Los Angeles Times Since 1993, over 400 young women have been raped and murdered in Juarez, Mexico. Authorities ignore pleas for justice from the victims' families, and the crimes go unpunished. Most disturbingly, evidence of…

  3. Behind the Scenes: GOING ON 13

    August 18, 2009

    GOING ON 13 follows four urban girls of color over the span of four years, from their uncomplicated elementary school lives to the crowded halls of middle school, where they confront sex, chat rooms and the powerful influence of popular culture. Check out the behind-the-scenes clip below where filmmakers Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez meet up…

  4. Recent Talkback About Independent Lens This Month

    June 18, 2009

    It's hard to believe another season of Independent Lens has come to an end. Check out some of the recent Talkback from viewers about films airing this month. Share your own thoughts and stay tuned for the latest updates about the upcoming season. ASK NOT  “Thank you for educating me about ‘Don't Ask Don't Tell.’ I am a teenager, and if I understand the need for…

  5. Open Call Recipient: Julie Wyman, Filmmaker of STRONG!

    June 17, 2009

    ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs produced by independent producers primarily for public television and beyond. Julie Wyman produced and directed STRONG!, which looks at weightlifter Cheryl Haworth's struggle to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. Wyman received…

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