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Ask Programming: Questions from Filmmakers
June 28, 2010ITVS programming staff answer questions from filmmakers about the funding process: Q. Does it help my application if I include letters of support from funders or letters of interest from broadcasters? A. No, do not waste your efforts in padding your application with letters of interest and support––these do not improve the quality of your application…
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Behind the Scenes: Kunstler's Daughters Reflect
June 23, 2010William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe aired last night on P.O.V. on PBS. But the conversation continued online well into the next day. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler both logged on for a live chat with their audience immediately after the broadcast. With America's best known civil rights lawyer still fresh in everyone's thoughts, the…
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Tip of the Day: Engage Beyond the Broadcast
June 23, 2010The internet is completely revolutionizing all kinds of media by freeing creators from linearity and one-way paradigms. Here at ITVS, we've been working with filmmakers for more than a decade to create multifaceted and multi-platform projects that liberate the story from dusty old limitations. It's easy to get stuck in a familiar way of doing things,…
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Tonight on P.O.V. - William Kunstler, Radical Lawyer
June 22, 2010The most hated and loved lawyer in America captured through the lens and mouths of his two daughters. Tonight, P.O.V. airs William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, a documentary directed by sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler, that chronicles the rise of their father as an activist lawyer (check local listings here). A self-described radical, Kunstler…
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In The News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
June 1, 2010S. Leo Chiang's film on PBS touchingly displays how a Vietnamese community picked up the pieces post-Katrina, finding their voice in a quintessentially American way. Read now >> It’s not every June that brings the opportunity to see one of last year’s most acclaimed films on television and without even a cable connection, at that but this June is one…