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10/08/2008
THE NARCOTIC FARM Tells the Fascinating and Untold Story of a Unique Federal Prison and U.S. Public Health Service’s 40 Year-Long Experiment There to Discover a Cure for Drug Addiction
Film by JP Olsen and Luke Walden to premiere on Public Television in November 2008

09/23/2008
ITVS Garners Four Wins at the 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards
Independent Lens Takes News And Doc Emmy For Best Documentary; BILLY STRAYHORN: Lush Life and America at a Crossroads’ OPERATION HOMECOMING: Writing the Wartime Experience are among winners

09/18/2008
AIMEE’S CROSSING, an Intimate Journey of One Young Woman’s Exeperience in the Juvenile Justice System, to Air on Public Television in October 2008

09/04/2008
Michael Chandler And Sheila Canavan’s Award-Winning KNEE DEEP Premieres on the PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, November 6 at 10 PM
Matricide gets a modern twist in this bittersweet true-crime story of a Maine boy who believed the family farm was his, right up until the day his mother evicted him—the day mom got shot

09/04/2008
MARCH POINT Follows Three Teens from the Swinomish Indian Tribe as They Become Filmmakers and Environmental Activists
Film premieres on the PBS series Independent Lens on Tuesday, November 18, 2008

09/04/2008
THE ATOM SMASHERS, an Exciting Inside Look at the Frontier of Scientific Research, to Have its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy ® Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, November 25, at 10 PM

09/04/2008
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT: A Nation’s Journey Premieres October, 28 2008 on the Emmy® Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens
Documentary offers intimate portrait of life in Pakistan and its struggle for democracy through candid conversations with former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf over dinner

08/28/2008
ITVS Continues Strong Presence at 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival With Four Films
Three ITVS international documentaries and one ITVS-funded drama to screen at world-renown festival

08/26/2008
New Season of Independent Lens Premieres on PBS with CHICAGO 10 Wednesday, October 22 at 9 PM
Terrence Howard returns as host of “TV’s best, biggest and most diverse documentary lineup”*

08/25/2008
LIONESS Reveals Combat Role of Women in Iraq; Acclaimed Documentary to Premiere on the PBS Series Independent Lens, November 13, 2008 (Thursday at 9 PM)

08/22/2008
Brett Morgen’s CHICAGO 10 to Premiere on Emmy Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens as Season Opener
Film explores the buildup to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trail after the 1968 Democratic Convention

08/21/2008
OVERBOOKED Takes Audience into the Chaos of a Small Italian Travel Agency Serving Moroccan Immigrants
Film to premiere on Global Voices series on PBS WORLD channel Sunday, August 24 at 10 PM

08/20/2008
ITVS Moves to Embrace Multiplatform Content Delivery as Public Media Changes to Include Digital, Mobile and Other Technologies
Leading public media organization restructures management, workflow to gain footing in dynamic new landscape

07/18/2008
ITVS Films Receive a Record-Breaking 10 Nominations for the News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Two Independent Lens films among nominations

07/14/2008
ABC COLOMBIA Offers Revealing Look at Children Living in a Rural Community Controlled by Paramilitary Forces and the Choices They Face
Film to premiere on Global Voices series on PBS WORLD channel Sunday, July 20 at 10 PM

07/02/2008
Emmy Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens to Showcase New Season at the July 2008 Television Critics Association Press Tour
Three-part panel to present range of groundbreaking and innovative programs airing this fall

06/23/2008
PBS’s Independent Lens Announces the Winner of the Independent Lens Filmocracy Mashup Contest: Kylee Darcy’s Corn King Takes Over the World

05/29/2008
2007/2008 Season of PBS’s Independent Lens Concludes in June with the Broadcast Premieres of Two Unforgettable Feature Documentaries

05/16/2008
2008 Sundance Film Festival Winner FOR GOD, TSAR AND FATHERLAND to Premiere on Global Voices Series on PBS WORLD Channel, Sunday, June 6, 2008
A fascinating look at Russian nationalism today through the activities of a right-wing leader and his young followers

05/12/2008
PBS Series Independent Lens Announces Agreement to Acquire Brett Morgen’s CHICAGO 10 From Participant Media and River Road Entertainment to Headline New Season
Film explores the buildup to and unraveling of the Chicago conspiracy trial after the 1968 Democratic Convention

05/09/2008
Partnership Will Bring Together Public Broadcasters from Four Nations to Bring Attention to the Global Water Crisis

04/30/2008
WRIT WRITER to Premiere on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Unlikely hero fought the Texas legal system and changed prisons forever

04/30/2008
Morgan Neville’s THE COOL SCHOOL to Have its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
An entertaining look at the rise of the postwar L.A. art scene

04/30/2008
DEEP WATER, a Stunning Psychological Thriller about the Most Daunting Nautical Challenge Ever
Film to premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 9 PM

04/30/2008
Independent Lens’s 2007–2008 Season Concludes With the Unforgettable True-Life Thriller ABDUCTION: The Megumi Yokota Story
Airs nationally on Thursday, June 19 at 10 PM

04/21/2008
Groundbreaking School Unites Jewish and Arab Children, BRIDGE OVER THE WADI Reveals What Happpens When Two Sides Set Aside Deep-Rooted History of Conflict
Film to premiere on Global Voices series on PBS WORLD channel Sunday, May 4, at 10 PM

04/08/2008
TIE A YELLOW RIBBON to Air on Public Television During May 2008
First feature drama by Joy Dietrich offers compelling view into the lives of young Asian American women through the eyes of a Korean adoptee

04/03/2008
THREE ITVS FILMS GARNER 2007 PEABODY AWARDS
First-time wins for Independent Lens series and ITVS International program

03/26/2008
NA KAMALEI: The Men of Hula to Have its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 6, at 10:30 PM
Story of Hawaiian male pride that goes beyond stereotype of “grass skirt girls”

03/20/2008
OH, SAIGON to Premiere on PBS in May 2008
Filmmaker explores her own family’s story—helicoptered out of Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War as they attempt to resolve their divided past

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