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  1. In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

    September 1, 2010

     Following Workers’ Trails of Tears in China "Lixin is not from the foreign-influenced cultural centers,” said Daniel Cross, president of EyesteelFilm company in Montreal, which produced Up the Yangtze and co-produced Last Train Home with the ITVS … Read more >>>Camp Victory Afghanistan Filmmaker Carol Dysinger talks about her new…

  2. In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs

    August 17, 2010

     Film Series to Empower Women Independent Television Service, producers of Emmy-award winning documentaries for public television, has teamed up with the Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Chicago Public Media to present the Women’s Empowerment Summer Film Series — a free series of screenings highlighting…

  3. New Independent Lens Season Unveiled in L.A.

    August 5, 2010

    Lois Vossen, series producer for Independent Lens, reports from the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles. Hello from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer Press Tour. The TCA represents 200 journalists who write about television for print and online outlets in the U.S. and Canada. Twice a year, they gather in what Tim…

  4. Insufficient Justice: Socheata Poeuv Reacts to Khmer Rouge Verdict

    July 29, 2010

    Filmmaker Socheata Poeuv was outside the courtroom on July 26, 2010, as Kaing Guek Eav (aka Comrade Duch) was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 35 years (19 including time served) by an international tribunal. The director of the Independent Lens film New Year Baby, Poeuv was born in a refugee camp in Thailand during Cambodia’s…

  5. ITVS Programs Nominated for Six Emmy Awards

    July 15, 2010

    The nominees for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced today and ITVS programs received an impressive six nominations. Among the nominees are three Independent Lens programs — Tulia, Texas; No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos; and Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Tulia, Texas — by filmmakers Cassandra Herrman and…

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