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POV Films Earn a Record 16 Emmy Nominations
July 20, 2012This past week, POV received a record 16 nominations for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, including four of the five nominations in the Best Documentary category. Four films garnered nominations in multiple categories and, in total, PBS programs earned 37 nominations — with ITVS collecting nearly a dozen, along with a Primetime…
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
July 6, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. Want to know how to make money? No, I mean, really, like how money is minted? This fascinating 1920 silent documentary shows how gold is melted into coins. Enough about dusty old documentaries. This upcoming film about the Tropicalia music movement in Brazil promises to leave you…
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Indie Distribution in a Post-Netflix World
July 5, 2012ITVS's Rebecca Huval discusses research, news, and trends that come out of ITVS’s IndiesLab. Netflix might be a giant in the video universe, but like many behemoths (think: King Kong), it has suffered several existential crises. Is it a DVD delivery service? An online movie streaming service? Both? A movie and TV series producer? Or a meticulously…
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Anna Deavere Smith on the PBS Arts Summer Festival
June 29, 2012Actor Anna Deaveare Smith discusses her role as host of the PBS Arts Summer Festival with BTB. The interview was conducted last January at the TCA Press Tour in Los Angeles, where the actor was performing her one-woman-show Let Me Down Easy. The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly…
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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,…