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  1. Watch D TOUR on the PBS Online Video Player

    November 13, 2009

    Last week, D TOUR premiered on Independent Lens. The film chronicles musician Pat Spurgeon's search for a living kidney donor and the challenges associated with finding a viable match. Missed the broadcast? Don’t worry––the film is available to watch in its entirety for free until next Tuesday, Nov. 17, on the PBS online video player. Watch D TOUR >>

  2. FUTURESTATES: A New Online Fictional Series

    November 3, 2009

    What might life look like in an America of the future? Beginning March 2010, ITVS will launch a new online fictional series called FUTURESTATES, which will consist of 11 mini-features each 15 minutes in length, created by independent filmmakers. These short narrative films will explore many of today’s complex social issues by imagining how they play out

  3. Independent Lens on PBS’s COVE

    November 2, 2009

    Interested in watching full-length episodes of Independent Lens and your other favorite PBS series online? Look no further—PBS recently launched its new video player: COVE (Comprehensive Online Video Ecosystem). Like the iTunes’ interface, COVE allows users to flip through content horizontally across the screen in a series of stacked images. The

  4. Open Call Recipient: Eric Neudel, Filmmaker of LIVES WORTH LIVING

    September 24, 2009

    ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs produced by independent producers primarily for public television and beyond. Eric Neudel produced and directed LIVES WORTH LIVING, which looks at the life of Fred Fay, a quadriplegic, and the small group of activists who formed the Disability Rights Movement and Fay’s role. Neudel received ITVS’s Open

  5. Watch ITVS Films for Free on Hulu

    September 15, 2009

    Do you love indie films but not sure where to find them online? ITVS now has numerous films available on Hulu for free from the PBS series Independent Lens and the PBS WORLD series Global Voices. Among the programs available is the deeply moving Independent Lens film A DREAM IN DOUBT, which looks at one of America’s first post-9/11 hate crime murders and the