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  'Peace Unveiled'

  Sep 27, 2011

  ITVS, Global Fund for Women, Spark and Women's Funding Network present a prescreening of issues doc 'Peace Unveiled,' part of a new PBS miniseries, 'Women, War & Peace,' launching this fall. Producer Abigail Disney and guests will be present for post-screening panel discussion. More info at pbs.org.

  
• September 27 2011
  
  

  'Peace Unveiled'

  Sep 27, 2011

  ITVS, Global Fund for Women, Spark and Women's Funding Network present a prescreening of issues doc 'Peace Unveiled,' part of a new PBS miniseries, 'Women, War & Peace,' launching this fall. Producer Abigail Disney and guests will be present for post-screening panel discussion. More info at pbs.org.

  
• August 25, 2011
  
  

  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
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  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
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  ITVS Celebrates 20th Tuned to Multi-Platform World

  Michael Fox
  Aug 24, 2011

  Powerfully positioned San Francisco-based champion of independent docs and dramas for television begins to navigate its third decade.

  
• July 26, 2011
  
  

  ITVS's Indies Showcase

  Jul 27, 2011

  In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Independent Television Service brings out an online festival, displaying 20 ITVS-supported docs between now and September 23. Representing only the tip of the iceberg of the locally based organization's vast film library, the festival features gems like 'Daughter from Danang,' 'King Corn' and 'The English Surgeon,' and screens the 20 films for three days each, for free. More info and scheduling at itvs.org.

  
• 03.31.11
  
  

  Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 27, 2011

  Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.

  
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  Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 27, 2011

  Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.

  
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  Haynes Reaches Mainstream with Thoroughly Modern ‘Mildred’

  Michael Fox
  Mar 27, 2011

  Todd Haynes talks melodrama, movies, TV, the Great Depression and personal motivation.

  
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  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
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  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• March 17, 2011
  
  

  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
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  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
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  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• March 17, 2011
  
  

  Seely Treks Long Distances for Shorts

  Michael Fox
  Mar 16, 2011

  Long story short: A filmmaker finds the right length for his South American health doc.

  
• September 14, 2010
  
  

  'The Parking Lot Movie'

  Sep 17, 2010

  There's no better better place to see 'The Parking Lot Movie,' about the physical-spiritual life of an attended lot, than in . . . a parking lot! ITVS offers this unique opportunity at the Good Hotel parking lot, Seventh and Minna, SF, at 7:00 pm, to celebrate the global Park(ing) Day (where metered spaces are turned into art worldwide) and to launch the ninth season of the Independent Lens series on PBS. Find out more at www.itvs.org.

  
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  Beyond the Box: ITVS Programs Nominated for Six Emmys

  Jul 26, 2010

  "The nominees for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced today and ITVS programs received an impressive six nominations," reports Beyond the Box.

  
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  Karim Ahmad on ITVS's Forward-Thinking FUTURESTATES

  Adam Hartzell
  Mar 21, 2010

  Think of U.S. public television and science fiction or any type of fiction doesn't spring to mind. ITVS aims to change that perception with a series of mini-features.

  
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  Antonelli's 'Crossing Over' and Cooke's Soulful Genius

  Michael Fox
  Dec 1, 2009

  Marin County filmmaker John Antonelli talks about his documentary on influential late singer-songwriter Sam Cooke for PBS's "American Masters" series.

  
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  Swedish Muckrakers Enlist Local Help

  Michael Fox
  Aug 4, 2009

  Oakland attorney Richard Lee speaks on the legal case surrounding the Swedish filmmakers of the hot-button documentary Bananas!.

  
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  Story Structures that Funders Love

  Karen Everett
  Jun 29, 2009

  The Edit Room: I decided to set my New Doc Editing research team on a mission to find out what structural models are getting funded these days.

  
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  On the Road, in Search of a Film

  Michael Fox
  Mar 10, 2009

  Caroline Kraus is embarking on a project with a rough outline, a firm destination, little money and no ending, but with a unifying theme: underdogs, and our notions of success, failure and disappointment.