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Filmmaker Jamie Meltzer Discusses Digital Distribution Strategy
July 15, 2009Filmmaker Jamie Meltzer’s OFF THE CHARTS: The Song-Poem Story is currently available to watch online. Learn about his online distribution strategy and how he embraced various social networking tools.OFF THE CHARTS: The Song-Poem Story exposes the strange underworld of the song-poem industry. Like a warped fun-house mirror, the song-poem industry…
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Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
July 3, 2009It's summertime, and for TV viewers everywhere that means the dreaded season of reruns and reality TV. But wait, don't give up on your television just yet because ITVS is bringing you something actually worth watching. The acclaimed miniseries THE NEW AMERICANS airs July 5-August 16 in one-hour weekly installments at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD…
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Filmmaker Profile: Gordon Quinn, THE NEW AMERICANS
June 30, 2009This summer, Global Voices on PBS WORLD presents an encore of Kartemquin Films' THE NEW AMERICANS. The seven-hour, critically acclaimed documentary miniseries follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they journey from around the globe to start new lives in America. From heart-wrenching farewells to initial…
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Open Call Recipients: Jason DaSilva and Leigh DaSilva, Filmmakers of WHEN I WALK
June 22, 2009ITVS’s Open Call provides finishing funds for single non-fiction or animation public television programs on any subject and from any viewpoint. Projects must have begun production as evidenced by a work-in-progress video. Check out the clip below with filmmakers Jason DaSilva and Leigh DaSilva, who received Open Call funds for their film WHEN I WALK,…
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Watch BEYOND THE BORDER on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
June 19, 2009Over the past decade, thousands of Latinos seeking una vida mejor ("a better life") have migrated to Kentucky, finding low-paying service jobs. As the Latino communities have swelled, so too have xenophobia and discrimination. BEYOND THE BORDER traces the painful transition made by four sons who leave their family in Mexico and fight cultural, class and…