Greenhouse Fund – Notes from the Field
POV Executive Director Simon Kilmurry has just returned from the Greenhouse Fund seminars in Izmir, Turkey. The third year of the Greenhouse Fund seminars concluded last week in Izmir, Turkey....
View ArticleDoc Soup: So You Think You Can Doc
OK, so it wasn’t exactly the United Nations General Assembly, but the power in the room was palpable. Last week, while President Obama and other world leaders met further uptown, I attended The Good...
View ArticleITVS Announces 50-Film Documentary Campaign About Women and Leadership
Our friends at ITVS have announced “Women and Girls Lead,” a major public media initiative that’s set to showcase more than 50 documentaries about women, girls and leadership over the next three years...
View ArticleLive Chat: Young Women's Voices in Media
Join 2011 Project Voicescape grantees Negesti Cantave and Morgan Wilcock on Monday, July 11, at 6 PM ET for a live chat about the future of the media industry from the perspective of young creative...
View ArticleLive Chat with PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan and 'China Blue' Filmmaker...
On Friday, ITVS’s Indies Showcase will begin streaming China Blue for three days. The documentary, by filmmaker Micha Peled, premiered on Independent Lens in 2007 and won its audience award that year....
View ArticleIt's a Great Day for Independent Film and Public Television
It’s a great day for independent film and public television! We know you’ve been following the news about our move to Thursdays this year. Since that announcement was made in March, we’ve been talking...
View ArticleJoin a “Social Screening” of the Peabody Award-Winning StoryCorps Animated...
Watch StoryCorps Shorts online on Tuesday, May 15.Join the screening » Join the screening » Update: Directors Tim Rauch and Mike Rauch (The Rauch Brothers) and producer Lizzie Jacobs will be joining...
View ArticleMay 31: Navigating Funding and Broadcast Opportunities in Public Television
POV and ITVS: A partnership for independents and public media Please join us for a forum about funding and broadcast opportunities for independents. We will answer questions about how POV and ITVS...
View ArticleBizVizz: The Making of a Documentary App
Brad Lichtenstein, director of the documentary As Goes Janesville, which spawned the BizVizz app. Credit: 371 Productions In the documentary As Goes Janesville, a Wisconsin town is desperate for jobs....
View ArticleBizVizz: A Mobile App Inspired by a Documentary Film
Screenshots from BizVizz, a corporate accountability app that launched on February 4, 2013, in connection with the re-broadcast of the documentary As Goes Janesville. Anyone who watched the tough,...
View ArticleGiveaway: Win a StoryCorps Animated Shorts DVD
Thanks for joining our OVEE online “social screening” of StoryCorps Animated Shorts. We hope you enjoyed it! The entry window for this giveaway has passed. Congratulations to our winner Allison...
View ArticleSundance 2014: StoryCorps Dispatches from Park City
The Power of Story: Weights & Measures audience watches a clip from StoryCorps Listening is an Act of Love. Photo: Lizzie Jacobs Stories tell us who we are. They allow us to form values, organize...
View ArticlePBS Indies Shorts – Now Streaming at POV
PBS Indies Shorts will include three POV films in March 2014. Join PBS in celebrating independent films with a collection of 26 shorts from POV and Independent Television Service (ITVS). PBS Indies...
View ArticleRegarding Independent Film on THIRTEEN and WLIW21
A joint statement from PBS, WNET, ITVS, Independent Lens and POV regarding independent film on THIRTEEN and WLIW21: WNET, PBS, ITVS, Independent Lens and POV are working together in partnership over...
View ArticleListening Tour Kicks Off in San Francisco: A Report
This post was originally published on ITVS Beyond the Box. A National Listening Tour on Independent Film on PBS comes to New York City on February 23, 2015 On Saturday, PBS, ITVS, POV, Independent...
View ArticleIndependent Film on PBS: The National Listening Tour Comes to New York City
A National Listening Tour on Independent Film on PBS comes to New York City on February 23, 2015 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. RSVP now » On February 23, 2015 from 2 PM ET to 5 PM ET, POV, along with...
View ArticlePBS Listening Tour Comes to New York City: A Report
A National Listening Tour on Independent Film on PBS came to New York City on February 23, 2015 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. PBS, ITVS, POV, Independent Lens, Indie Caucus and WNET hosted a full house...
View ArticlePBS National Listening Tour News Round-Up
After the final stop of the PBS National Listening Tour, we offer this round-up of organizations and individuals lending their voice to the conversation. Darcy Heusel, Senior Director at Picture...
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