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Rent Independent Lens and Global Voices Episodes on iTunes
Looking to watch something from the comfort of your home over the holidays?
Check out the PBS Indies page on iTunes where you’ll find more than 20 indie films from Independent Lens, Global Voices and other public television series and broadcasts.
Each film is now available for rent for $2.99 or for purchase at $9.99.
A selection of films include: ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Green, THE ATOM SMASHERS, BANISHED, the Oscar-nominated DAUGHTER FROM DANANG, A DREAM IN DOUBT, LAKSHMI AND ME, THE LOSS OF NAMELESS THINGS, MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA, MARCH POINT, MILKING THE RHINO, OPERATION FILMMAKER, POWER TRIP, RED WHITE BLACK & BLUE, A SON’S SACRIFICE, STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors and ESTILO HIP HOP.
ITVS and PBS Offer Indie Content on iTunes Store
Tired of searching for high-quality indie films? Look no further. ITVS and PBS recently collaborated to bring more than 20 independent films to the iTunes store. Curated specifically for iTunes, this diverse collection includes films from Independent Lens, Global Voices and other public television series and broadcasts.
Some of the groundbreaking films from Independent Lens now available on iTunes include: ADJUST YOUR COLOR: The Truth of Petey Green, THE ATOM SMASHERS, BANISHED, the Oscar-nominated DAUGHTER FROM DANANG, A DREAM IN DOUBT, LAKSHMI AND ME, THE LOSS OF NAMELESS THINGS, MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA, MARCH POINT, MILKING THE RHINO, OPERATION FILMMAKER, POWER TRIP, RED WHITE BLACK & BLUE, A SON’S SACRIFICE, STRANDED: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors and ESTILO HIP HOP, which premiered on the PBS WORLD series Global Voices. Each film is available for purchase at $9.99.
This initiative is part of the Independent Digital Distribution Lab, a project to expand distribution to broadband-connected audiences while exploring revenue-generating partnership models for independent filmmakers and public television.
“By offering content on iTunes, we are helping producers who want to experiment with online content gain access to PBS’s digital distribution outlets,” said Sally Jo Fifer, president and CEO of ITVS.
Season Finale of Global Voices: REVOLUCION: Five Visions
“… an absorbing documentary…”
- The Virginian-Pilot
REVOLUCION tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades and whose perspectives on photography are as varied as their opinions about the Cuban Revolution. From revolution-era photographers whose lenses captured the heroic masses to more contemporary photographers who seek to portray individual truths, their stories reveal the power of art to liberate.
REVOLUCION: Five Visions airs Sunday, October 18 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: Villa Grimaldi on Global Voices on PBS World
A powerful, intense and imaginative musical journey, ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: Villa Grimaldi follows exiled Chilean musician, Quique Cruz, from the Bay Area to Chile and back, as he creates his masterwork: a multimedia installation to heal his wounds inflicted by state-sponsored torture of the Pinochet regime.
Read the exclusive interview with filmmaker Quique Cruz on Beyond the Box >>
ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: Villa Grimaldi airs Sunday, October 11 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
Watch PICKLES, INC. on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
“There are those who venture into a start-up business to make some extra cash, and then there are those who do so to survive… PICKLES, INC. evokes an I-can-do-anything mentality after watching the unlikely entrepreneurs succeed.”
- Media Life Magazine
In the Israeli Arab village of Tamra, in Galilee, eight widows challenge social conventions and establish the Azka Pickle Cooperative, seeking financial independence for themselves and their children. With little formal education and no work experience outside of the home, the women face endless hurdles in expanding their business start-up–while their personal lives reflect the joys and sadness of family weddings, bereavement, and loneliness.
PICKLES, INC. airs Sunday, October 4 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
After watching PICKLES, INC., you might just feel inspired to make pickles at home. Try out this favorite recipe of ITVS staffer Joy-Marie Scott––pickled okra, a Texan classic created by Lady Bird Johnson.
Get the recipe >>
Looking for something inspired from the Middle East? Find recipes on a variety of pickled foods >>
Filmmaker Profile: Quique Cruz, ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: Villa Grimaldi
ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: Villa Grimaldi airs on October 11 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings). The film follows exiled Chilean musician Quique Cruz from the Bay Area to Chile and back as he creates his master work––a multimedia art piece to heal his wounds inflicted by state-sponsored torture of the Pinochet regime. Beyond the Box recently caught up with Cruz to discuss the film and its international success.
ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY has had showings throughout the world, especially in South America. The film has evolved into an installation, a musical suite and a cleansing process for those involved in its production. But that wasn’t the plan originally.
Cruz’s original idea was to make a documentary film about folk musician Victor Jara, but Jara’s widow was not ready to release his information. At the time of fundraising, around 2005, Cruz had the opportunity to go to Chile for research, so he decided to document his own process.
Around that time he met Marilyn Mulford through La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, California. Mulford, a seasoned filmmaker, immediately became absorbed in the project and suggested switching the focus of the film to Cruz’s experience. After much trepidation, Cruz embraced the idea and so the concept of ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY was born. Cruz adds that Mulford’s involvement brought the film to the next level. Thanks to her work, the film was funded through the ITVS Open Call initiative in 2006 and was completed in 2008.
Watch SEOUL TRAIN on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
“So compelling that you can’t stop watching,”
- Wall Street Journal
A growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis is threatening East Asian peace: the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. SEOUL TRAIN exposes the complex geopolitics and bureaucracy entangling the lives of thousands of North Korean refugees as well as the story of activists who put themselves in harms way to save them via a clandestine underground railroad.
SEOUL TRAIN airs Sunday, September 27 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
Q&A with Valérie Delpierre, Producer of END OF WAITING TIME
Beyond the Box Blog recently interviewed Valérie Delpierre, producer of END OF WAITING TIME, airing Sunday, September 20 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings). The film looks at the long dictatorship of Spanish General Francisco Franco during which hundreds of people were arrested, executed or disappeared. Learn more about her interest in the topic, how audiences have been reacting to the film and more.
What has the reaction to the film been like?
Valérie Delpierre: In general, the reaction has been great. It’s strange because this documentary is being released at a time when people in Spain are very interested in this subject. Media outlets and TV programs had started to think that there was too much information on this, but the public is still reacting really well to everything that comes out about the civil war and Franco’s dictatorship. Every time a movie or a book comes out about these themes, people respond and that’s been the case with our documentary, too. At the international level the response has also been positive. Many people are surprised to see not only how cruel this period was but also to discover that until recently no one could touch this subject. It’s an open window to the most recent history in Spain, seen from the inside.
What were some of the challenges you faced in making this film?
VD: For me it’s been all about sticking with it. It was difficult to not lose concentration during all these months of work. It was not a continuous job, but we have been working together on this documentary for more than three years. Also, as a producer it was important never to lose sight of the main argument and the objectives that we had set out to achieve. We’ve been lucky because all of our collaborators and broadcast partners that joined this project really respected the work of the filmmakers. One of my greatest fears was that by having two directors, they would not be able to agree––but the truth is that they found an equilibrium and treated each other with a lot of respect.
Watch END OF WAITING TIME on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
In 1936, General Francisco Franco lead a coup d’ etat against the Spanish Republic that gave rise to a brutal civil war. During his long dictatorship, hundreds of people were arrested, executed or disappeared. Today, family members of those who vanished have begun to look for their relatives’ remains and reflect on that dark period and its ongoing effect on their lives.
END OF WAITING TIME airs Sunday, September 20 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).
Watch HELL OF A NATION on Global Voices on PBS WORLD
In Afghanistan in 2003, the road to becoming a delegate was almost as difficult as the terrain itself: only a fraction of Afghans would be elected to attend the country’s constitutional convention, the Loya Jirga. HELL OF A NATION offers an intimate look at two candidates struggling to participate in this landmark event.
HELL OF A NATION airs Sunday, September 13 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings). A co-presentation with Thirteen/WNET New York
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