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Beyond The Box is the Independent Television Service's (ITVS’s) semi-annual magazine containing feature articles, funding guidelines and applications, upcoming broadcasts and other useful information for independent filmmakers, public television stations and audiences.
FLAG WARS
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 Time for INPUT
by Nick Radlo
When the 27th International Public Television (INPUT) Conference takes place in San Francisco from May 1 through May 6, it will offer a unique opportunity for any professional involved in media to watch and discuss the most innovative television programs in the world. Hosted by ITVS, this year’s event marks the first time in six years that INPUT has been held in the United States. It will include screening and panel sessions in addition to other special events. Thousands of delegates from around the world are expected to attend.
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A LION'S TRAIL
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International Indies
Global Perspectives and PTV
by Pam Grady
South African filmmaker Francois Verster’s interest in the tangled history of the South African song “Mbube”—better known in the West as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”—began in 1999, when he was commissioned by a local news magazine to make a 12-minute short on the subject. His research led him to discover how the West hijacked the composition from its South African creator, Solomon Linda, leaving his family to languish in poverty while the song earned millions of dollars for the people in the West who poached this example of African culture.
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Accolades
One Emmy Award winner. Four Sundance screenings. Two hot sites. IDA, IFP
and Cine Golden Eagle awards and more...
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From the President
“…What the café and salon were to the 18th century, what the newspaper and concert hall were to the 19th, the broadcast media have been to our time. They are the arenas of public debate, the shapers of public opinion.”
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