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ITVS Announces Funding for Eight International Productions through The Global Perspectives Project
October 24, 2011ITVS has contracted with eight international documentary projects from its 2011 International Call. The next International Call deadline is December 9, 2011.In the Shadow of the Sun by filmmakers Harry Freeland and Brian Hill are among the eight international projects slated to receive ITVS funding.ITVS announced that it has contracted with eight…
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Deadline for ITVS International Call on Dec. 9, 2011
October 17, 2011ITVS International Call promotes the exchange of compelling documentary films between the United States and other nations, going beyond stereotypes and headline news. ITVS International enables independent producers from outside the United States to create documentaries for U.S. television. Through International Call, global storytellers…
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Watch Women, War & Peace Tonight on PBS
October 11, 2011Women, War & Peace — the first installment from the Women and Girls Lead campaign — is a new five-part series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The program premieres tonight at 10pm on PBS (check local listings). The vast majority of today’s conflicts are not fought by nation states and their armies, but rather…
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Watch an Exclusive Online Screening of Women, War & Peace on Thursday at 4:30pm PT
September 28, 2011On Thursday, September 29, 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT / 7:30pm ET— ITVS Community Cinema, Ladies Home Journal, THIRTEEN, and Fork Films will present an exclusive online preview screening of Women War & Peace on ITVS’s Livestream channel in advance of its television premiere on PBS. The film is the first broadcast in ITVS's Women and Girls Lead…
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World Mourns Passing of Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
September 26, 2011Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and African woman to win the Nobel Prize, passed away while having treatment for ovarian cancer on Monday. Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and African woman to win the Nobel Prize, passed away on Monday while having treatment for ovarian cancer. Maathai was the founder of Kenya's Green Belt…