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Top Ranked Mariachi Band Tapped to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
October 4, 2012Last week, ITVS filmmaker Ilana Trachtman joined the mariachi band comprised of students featured in the LPB-supported film Mariachi High for a performance at the Naval Observatory Residence for the fourth annual reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (running Sept 15 – Oct 15). The documentary, which kicked-off PBS’s Arts Festival last…
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Women Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution
October 3, 2012The issues women and girls face stretch far and wide across the globe, and progress can often feel slow when the numbers of oppressed women are so high. But if there is one thing to take away from the Half the Sky Movement, it is this: There are solutions. Sex trafficking. Gender-based violence. Maternal mortality. Forced prostitution. How do we combat these…
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Edna Adan Addresses Maternal Mortality: A Women and Girls Lead Social Screening
October 3, 2012Women and Girls Lead presents an online social screening of the Maternal Mortality segment of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide with special guest panelist Edna Adan. The event will take place here. A landmark series based on the book by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky follows…
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ITVS Filmmakers Awarded MacArthur Genius Grants
October 2, 2012The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation gave 23 awards this year. The two awards for filmmakers went to ITVS documentarians. Two ITVS filmmakers, Natalia Almada and Laura Poitras, have been awarded MacArthur “genius” grants, which include a no-strings-attached, five-year award of $500,000 and an enormous pat on the back from America’s…
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Three ITVS Programs Receive News and Doc Emmy Awards
October 2, 2012Last Train Home, Where Soldiers Come From, and The Woodmans were among the ITVS programs to receive News and Doc Emmys on Monday.Congratulations to all the filmmakers! Independent LensThe Woodmans by filmmaker C. Scott WillisOutstanding Arts & Culture Programming ITVS Last Train Home by filmmaker Lixin FanBest DocumentaryOutstanding…