In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
“[In the] PBS documentary ASK NOT, we meet ‘Perry,’ a young gay man from San Francisco who has enlisted in the Army and is bound for Iraq. His face is blurred to protect his identity, but his friends’ faces are clear. They look scared—and perplexed: why is Perry risking his life for an Army that doesn’t want him as he is?”
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“ASK NOT looks at the history of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and examines its ramifications for gay and lesbian individuals and for the military itself.”
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“We have a special place in our heart for Independent Lens, so when they included us on their interactive Art House Theater Map, we were gushing with pride! And then we read the accompanying article, and I have to honestly say, it hit home so hard that I was a wee bit emotional by the end…”
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Forum on Social Change Chair and IOMBA degree candidate Patrick Huber discusses ITVS’s involvement with the Geneva Forum on Social Change (GFSC).
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“[SEA POINT DAYS] paints a deeply reflective picture of old white South Africa in transition and the frictions of a society in flux.”
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Community Cinema selections are screened in over 50 locations throughout the United States. In March, Community Cinema presents Dirt! The Movie, directed by Bill Benenson and Eugene Rosow.
It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining, and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods, and climate change. Dirt is a part of everything we eat, drink, and breathe. Which is why we should stop treating it like, well … dirt.
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