In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs
CNN Reporter Octavia Nasr reports on Independent Lens’s ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING, a film that explores the tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Filmmaker Marjan Tehrani and her brother Alex Tehrani discuss the Independent Lens broadcast of ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING.
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“Karen Skloss says she never meant to tell her own story when she started making her new documentary, SUNSHINE, which will have its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival. … Skloss received grants to make SUNSHINE from the Independent Television Service and KUHT-TV in Houston.”
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Lois Vossen, vice president and Independent Lens series producer, discusses ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING. Watch the clip below:
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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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