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5/15/12

ITVS and PBS Food Launch The Lexicon of Sustainability Shorts, Exploring Words and Ideas Behind Sustainable Agriculture

Part of a Cross-Platform Project That Includes a Website, Book, National Pop-Up Photography Shows, Classroom Curricula, and More

5/10/12

Strong!, a Profile of Former Olympic Weightlifter Cheryl Haworth, Premieres Thursday, July 26 at 9 PM on Independent Lens

“Being big – it definitely has its advantages. But there’s no such thing in this culture as being big and strong and completely and totally accepted as a woman.” — Cheryl Haworth

5/10/12

Tales of the Waria — A Doc Defying Presumptions about Gender and Islam — Premieres in June on the WORLD Channel

An Intimate Look at Biological Men Who Live Openly as Women in One of the World’s Largest Muslim Countries

5/09/12

PBS, ITVS and POV Unveil Strategy for Mission-Focused Content and New Broadcast Night for Landmark Indie Series

5/02/12

We Were Here, a Heart-Wrenching Look at the Early Days of the AIDS Crisis in San Francisco as Told by the Survivors, Premieres on Independent Lens on Thursday, June 14, 2012

“Of all the cinematic explorations of the AIDS crisis, not one is more heartbreaking and inspiring than We Were Here. The humility, wisdom and cumulative sorrow expressed lend the film a glow of spirituality and infuse it with grace. One of the top

5/01/12

ITVS Announces Production of American Graduate Latino Programming to Address Latino High School Dropout Crisis

ITVS-Funded Programs Enhance American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a Public Media Initiative to Address the National Dropout Crisis

4/16/12

Every Day as a Holiday Premieres on Public Television in May 2012 in Conjunction with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Memorial Day

A Warm and Intimate Portrait of Chinese-American Filmmaker Theresa Loong’s Father - Unveiling his Secret Past as a POW in Japan and his Journey to Becoming an American

4/11/12

Doc Examining the Local and International Efforts to Stop Kony and the Lords Resistance Army in Africa Opens the 5th Season of the Global Voices Series

New Season Premieres Sunday, May 6 at 10 PM with Klaartje Quirijns’s Peace vs Justice, exclusively on the WORLD Channel

3/26/12

Summer Pasture, a Rare and Intimate Glimpse into the Life of a Nomadic Tibetan Family, Premieres on Independent Lens on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10 PM

3/23/12

Oscar Nominee Hell and Back Again Premieres on Independent Lens on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28 at 10 PM

“A tour de force…Hell and Back Again stacks one astonishing shot atop the next.” – The New York Times