Projects

From acclaimed independent films to groundbreaking interactive stories. See the projects we help drive and create.

Films

We fund untold stories that reach millions of people on public media. Our award-winning docs premiere on Independent Lens, POV, American Masters, and FRONTLINE.

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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award, looks back on her remarkable life, career, and the complexities of being the “first.”
The Disappearance of Miss Scott

The Disappearance of Miss Scott traces legendary musician Hazel Scott’s journey, from her triumph during Jim Crow to the dissolution of her fame due to McCarthy-era blacklisting.
One With the Whale

An Alaskan family faces online attacks around their ancestral practices when animal activists target their son, the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his village.

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Kim A Snyder

Director/producer Kim A. Snyder is the Peabody Award-winning filmmaker of Newtown (Sundance 2016, Independent Lens, Netflix), Us Kids (Sundance 2020 and 14 subsequent awards), Lessons from a School Shooting… (Tribeca 2018–Best Documentary Short, Netflix Original, Grierson Award nominee), and Welcome to Shelbyville (Independent Lens).

ITVS Projects
Eric D Seals

Eric D. Seals is a seasoned director and cinematographer with over 10 years of experience since starting his career at ESPN. He's a Diverse Voices in Docs fellow with Kartemquin and a Netflix directing and producing fellow. Eric teaches production at DePaul University and heads Digifé, a company focusing on documentaries and social impact stories.

ITVS Projects
- Bike Vessel
Jonathan Olshefski

Jonathan Olshefski is a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia. He tells intimate and nuanced stories that honor his protagonists’ complexity by employing a production process that emphasizes collaboration, dialogue, and relationship. He is a professor at Rowan University where he teaches in the Department of Radio, Television, and Film.

ITVS Projects
- QUEST
- Without Arrows

Digital & Interactive

We’re creating new ways to share stories.

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MONIKERS

MONIKERS explores African American nicknaming practices, looking at personal narratives that span generations and providing a nuanced examination of cultural traditions.
Flatbread Friends

Flatbread Friends is the story of two women with differing origins who bond over a food item that evokes memory, history, and legacy.
Hometown Legends Moloka'i

Five elders, revered in their communities, share the wisdom of Hawaiian culture, offering insight for societies worldwide and generations to come.

Projects

Films

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

The Disappearance of Miss Scott

One With the Whale

We fund untold stories for public media.

Meet ITVS Filmmakers

Kim A Snyder

ITVS Projects

Eric D Seals

ITVS Projects

Jonathan Olshefski

ITVS Projects

Digital & Interactive

MONIKERS

Flatbread Friends

Hometown Legends Moloka'i

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