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PBS Explores Immigration in Homeland
July 17, 2012Homeland: Immigration in America reveals the complexity of the election-year issue. The three-part series premieres nationally on PBS on Friday, July 20 and 27, 2012, at 10pm ET. While immigration is a national issue this election year, it plays out daily in the lives of people in communities across the country. Homeland: Immigration in America…
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Mariachi High Premieres on PBS
June 29, 2012The ITVS-funded documentary (airing Friday, June 29. 2012, on PBS) presents a year in the life of top-ranked members of Zapata High School’s championship mariachi ensemble on the Rio Grande in South Texas. At a time when the Latino dropout rate is the highest of any group nationwide, intolerance toward immigrants (and perceived immigrants) is growing,…
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Celebrate Title IX with a Summer of Women and Girls Lead Films Online
June 22, 2012Strength. Stamina. Determination. Resilience in the face of obstacles. All these words could be used to describe independent filmmakers but they’re also qualities common to women and girls in sports. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX legislation ending gender-based discrimination in federally-funded educational activities,…
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See a Capitol Hill Screening of The Waiting Room
June 15, 2012ITVS invites members of Congress and their staff and community members to a special screening and discussion organized in cooperation with the Congressional Arts Caucus and Congresswoman Barbara Lee. The event will take place Monday, June 18 from 6 to 8:30pm at the Cannon House Office Building / Caucus Room. You can RSVP to Monday's event here.The Waiting…
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Frameline’s LGBT Festival Presents: Love Free or Die
June 15, 2012Macky Alston’s documentary on the first openly gay bishop Gene Robinson will screen Sunday, June 17 at 4:30pm PT at the Castro Theatre as part of the Frameline San Francisco LGBT Film Festival. BTB caught up with Alston this past January at the Sundance Film Festival — where his documentary played before mass at St. Luke’s Church in Park City. See our wrap…