ITVS Beyond the Box » al-Qaida http://beyondthebox.org Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 In the News: The Latest on ITVS Programs http://beyondthebox.org/in-the-news-the-latest-on-itvs-programs-30/ http://beyondthebox.org/in-the-news-the-latest-on-itvs-programs-30/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:42:01 +0000 ITVS Staff http://beyondthebox.org/?p=8673
“ITVS is best known for its financing of documentaries, many of which appear on PBS’s Independent Lens series. The organization will present [FUTURESTATES -- ] a series of brief, fictional films that cast social issues into the future, in the hopes of drawing a younger audience not necessarily interested in public television.”
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“Toss the tea leaves; we can read our future in [Dirt! The Movie] — and the outlook is grimy.”
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“Filmmaker Laura Poitras traveled to Yemen searching for a person who was returning from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba… Her film, The Oath, tells Bahri’s story [Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard] and how he now favors a pen instead of a gun. It often delves into his confused emotions — he pledged the al-Qaida oath but no longer fights.”
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Vice President and Independent Lens series producer Lois Vossen discusses the upcoming broadcasts Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas), and Whatever It Takes.

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