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Noland Walker Becomes Member of the Academy
July 14, 2020Among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' newest members is ITVS Vice President of Content Noland Walker. Read more about Noland's accomplishments and this honor.
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Raoul Peck's "I Am Not Your Negro" Nominated for 2017 Academy Award
January 24, 2017ITVS filmmakers land three Oscar Nominations including Best Feature Documentary and Best Motion Picture.
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The ITVS Indie Roundup
October 12, 2012A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Rebecca Huval. And you thought the logistics of your documentary were complicated. To produce The Iran Job, Till Schauder had to stuff the footage of his documentary in his underwear while traveling to duck the U.S. embargo against Iran. The movie, about American basketballers playing in Iran,…
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Late Night Oscar Diaries from Independent Lens
February 27, 2012Independent Lens Series Producer Lois Vossen attended Sunday night’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles. She was there to support two nominated films for Best Documentary feature: Independent Lens' Hell and Back Again and the ITVS-funded If a Tree Falls (which aired on POV). The documentary Undefeated wound up taking the prize. Still, Lois had a blast and as…
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Oscar Nominated Filmmakers Visit Talk of The Nation
February 22, 2012Filmmakers Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) and Marshall Curry (If A Tree Falls) appeared separately on NPR this week to discuss their respective films — both of which have been nominated for an Academy Award. Listen to the interviews with host Neal Conan, below:Hell and Back Again"After so many years of war, society's become numb to pictures of…
