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 Oscar Noms for Ellsberg Doc and IL Host Maggie Gyllenhaal
Judith Erlich’s film Most Dangerous Man in America has been honored with an Oscar nomination! Also, your, host of Independent Lens, Maggie Gyllenhaal, was nominated for her supporting role in the film Crazy Heart. Congratulations, Judith and Maggie!
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The Oath Secures Sundance Honors
Congratulations to Laura Poitras, who won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival for The Oath, an ITVS co-production.
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Select ITVS Films Now Available on iTunes
Many of your favorite ITVS productions are available on iTunes in the new PBS Indies store. Fill out your documentary collection or add them to your wish list.
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The Judge and the General Wins duPont
The ITVS film by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco took home the prestigious broadcast journalism award on January 21.
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Amsterdam Showers ITVS Films with Honors
Two ITVS films brought home the hardware at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Filmmaker Lixin Fan, whose Last Train Home won best feature-length documentary, shares his experience.
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Welcome U.S. Soldiers Home
Inspired by the film The Way We Get By, Returning Home is an interactive website to support the troops, share thoughts and upload photos, video or audio.
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Announcing FutureStates
Welcome to the future of public media. Our new online series of short films explores life in a future America. Coming to a browser near you in March 2010.
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Global Perspectives Project: 1H20
Four programs and a media-rich website have flowed out of the 1H20 Project, a collaboration of ITVS International and the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication. Learn more >>
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ITVS International Films Available 24/7
ITVS has partnered with Jaman and SnagFilms to present select ITVS International films for download or streaming on computer or via mobile device.
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Electric Shadows
Electric Shadows projects present the "unflinching visions of independent producers" by exploring arts and culture via the Web, exclusively.
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P-Star Rising
by Gabriel Noble
February 9 at 10 PM on Independent Lens
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What did you want to be when you grew up? Nine-year-old Priscilla wants to become the youngest female rap star ever. With her single father turned manager, Priscilla travels from Harlem street corners to sold out shows around the world––eventually landing a record deal and starring role on PBS’s The Electric Company. But the road to stardom means figuring out who to trust while hanging around people twice her size and four times her age. For Priscilla, otherwise known as P-Star, the ride has just begun.
Mine
by Geralyn Pezanoski
February 16 at 10 PM on Independent Lens
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During the evacuation for Hurricane Katrina, people were forced to leave behind more than just their homes. Thousands of stranded pets were rescued and then adopted into new homes across the United States. As residents slowly returned to try and rebuild their lives, these "Katrina pets" became the center of full-blown custody battles, with people on both sides struggling to do what was right in the midst of an impossibly complex situation.
Behind the Rainbow
by Jihan El-Tahri
February 23 at 10 PM on Independent Lens
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What if you took the American civil war and mashed it up with the French Revolution and the U.S. civil rights movement? That’s what it felt like in South Africa, when the Mandela miracle brought down Apartheid. But can the deal between the old Apartheid regime and the new government withstand the test of time?
February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
by Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing
February 2010 on public television
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On February 1, 1960, four college students staged a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, a pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement. In this intimate portrait, find out what led these four friends to Protest — and how it is has impacted their lives.
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