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 television and beyond. Our award-winning films premiere on Independent Lens, POV, American Masters, and FRONTLINE.

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Who is Michael Jang ?

After decades in obscurity, artist Michael Jang uses graffiti tactics to share his previously unknown body of fine art photography with unsuspecting audiences.
El Equipo (The Team)

An unlikely collaboration between a forensic scientist from Texas and a group of Latin American students changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.
Free Chol Soo Lee

The rollercoaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder who inspired a movement to free him.

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Violet Du Feng

Violet Du Feng is a documentary filmmaker and a 2018 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. She produced Confucian Dream, Maineland, and Please Remember Me, which have won numerous awards including Doc Impact Hi5, and special jury awards at SXSW and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Hidden Letters is her directorial debut.

ITVS Projects
- Hidden Letters
Chelsea Hernandez

Chelsea Hernandez is an Emmy-nominated Mexican-American filmmaker based in Texas. Named as a member of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2021, Chelsea won a Silver Telly Award for Social Impact for her first feature Building the American Dream (SXSW/PBS). She is a fellow of Tribeca All Access, BAVC National Mediamakers, and Firelight Media Doc Lab.

ITVS Projects
- Breaking the News
Julie Ha

Julie Ha’s storytelling career spans more than two decades in ethnic and mainstream media, with a specialized focus on Asian American stories. She was former editor-in-chief of KoreAm Journal, a national Korean American magazine. Free Chol Soo Lee, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, is her first documentary film.

ITVS Projects
- Free Chol Soo Lee

Digital & Interactive

We’re creating new ways to share stories.

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Underground

On New York’s packed subways, violations of personal space are unavoidable—an inevitability that emboldens more predatory behavior. Underground brings these stories into the light.
Maletero

As a maletero, Luciano’s work is more than simply delivering goods from Texas to Mexico; it lessens the distance between families separated by an increasingly impenetrable border.
The Command Center To Bring Women Home

Through a collaborative writing process, three women help bring to life an imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for women with nowhere else to turn but to each other.

Projects

Films

Who is Michael Jang ?

El Equipo (The Team)

Free Chol Soo Lee

We fund untold stories for public media.

Meet ITVS Filmmakers

Violet Du Feng

ITVS Projects

Chelsea Hernandez

ITVS Projects

Julie Ha

ITVS Projects

Digital & Interactive

Underground

Maletero

The Command Center To Bring Women Home

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