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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Let the Little Light Shine

A high-achieving elementary school just south of downtown Chicago is a lifeline for Black children—until gentrification threatens its closure.
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Outta The Muck

With determination and joy, the people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history, folklore, and big-time football.
Mama Bears

Conservative, Christian beliefs have defined their entire lives, but now they’re championing their LGBTQ children. A mama bear's love is ferocious.

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Ido Mizrahy

Ido Mizrahy’s narrative and documentary films premiered at SXSW, Tribeca, and ND/NF, among many other festivals, and went on to win several awards. His films have been distributed by AMC, Sundance, Netflix, Amazon, and MTV. Mizrahy is co-directing a fictional VR experience, with Nir Sa’ar, that’s equal parts family drama and space thriller.

ITVS Projects
- The Longest Goodbye

Alison O’Daniel

Alison O’Daniel is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She has exhibited at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Centro Centro, Madrid. She is a recipient of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Creative Capital awards and was included in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She is represented by Commonwealth and Council and is an Assistant Professor of Film at California College of the Arts.

ITVS Projects

The Tuba Thieves

Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw was a segment director and cinematographer on "America to Me," a STARZ mini-series from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steve James. Shaw’s debut film, “The Street Stops Here,” aired nationally on PBS and ESPN in 2010 to rave reviews. Shaw is a graduate of Kartemquin Films Diverse Voices in Documentary program and a Firelight Media Documentary Lab… Show more Fellow. Show less

ITVS Projects
- Let the Little Light Shine

Digital & Interactive

We’re creating new ways to share stories.

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The Dancing Man of L.A.

One man dance party Howard Mordoh, a longtime fixture of the LA concert scene, copes with the cancelled concerts and isolation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior Prom

For residents of the Triangle Square retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning—a celebration of the lives and legacies of a trailblazing LGBTQ generation.
When I'm Her

Michael was a ballet prodigy with his career ahead of him, but when life doesn’t go as planned, he finds refuge from trauma and liberation as his alter ego, Russian ballet instructor, Madame Olga.

Projects

Films

Let the Little Light Shine

Outta The Muck

Mama Bears

We fund untold stories for public media.

Meet ITVS Filmmakers

Ido Mizrahy

ITVS Projects

Alison O’Daniel

ITVS Projects

Kevin Shaw

ITVS Projects

Digital & Interactive

The Dancing Man of L.A.

Senior Prom

When I'm Her

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