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Best. Teacher. Ever! The Nominations Are In
The Best. Teacher. Ever! contest winner will be announced next week.
Thank you all for the nominations for the teachers who changed your lives for the better. We’ve been moved and inspired by the stories of those special educators out there who accept long hours, not-so-great pay, and limited resources because they want to see young people thrive. They all deserve our prizes and then some!
But, we’ve got to narrow it down to five finalists and then let you — our viewers — decide the top winner. We’ll announce who they are next week, so stay tuned.
In the meantime, we hope all teachers out there have a relaxing summer break ahead of them.
A Deadline and an Honorary Entry for the Best. Teacher. EVER. Contest.
The teacher I would nominate is Sharon Janulaw, who was my kindergarten teacher at Santa Margarita Elementary School in Marin County, California in 1975. Not only was Mrs. Janulaw innovative, but she treated us like actual people with the ability to think for ourselves and discover worthy things under our own power.
Ms. Sharon Janulaw
Science lessons were conducted under the quaking aspens in the playground behind the classroom, where silkworms bred. We were in the midst of demographic change in the area post-Vietnam and an influx of immigrants from Korea, among them some of our classmates who spoke little to no English. In response, Mrs. Janulaw taught us the Korean alphabet and numbers as a special lesson every week, which also infused us with a sense of openness to other cultures.
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The Garbage Dreams Game Nominated in 2nd Annual Games for Change Awards
The Games For Change Awards recognize excellence in games that address current, pressing social issues.
The Garbage Dreams Game, developed to complement the acclaimed Independent Lens documentary by Mai Iskander, received a nomination in the 2nd Annual Games for Change Awards in the Transmedia category. The awards recognize excellence in “games for change” that address current and pressing social issues and will be presented at the NYU Skirball Center on Wednesday, June 22 and streamed live.
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PUMA.Creative Impact Award, Launched at Sundance
Today PUMA.Creative and Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation announced the launch of the PUMA.Creative Impact Award, a major new annual award to honour the documentary film creating the most significant impact in the world. This 50,000 Euro award acknowledges the film’s makers and will help the continuation of the film’s campaign work.
Half-Dozen ITVS Films Selected by American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) has published its 2011 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of 15 outstanding programs released on video within the past two years and suitable for all libraries serving adults.
Six ITVS films are among the documentaries selected:
Doc Notes from Amsterdam
Last month, ITVS Vice President of Programming Claire Aguilar attended the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Claire offered a roundup of this year’s festival to BTB, which included a big win for Lucy Walker’s Waste Land (airing this season on Independent Lens), which picked up the Public Broadcaster IDFA Audience Award.
IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – is, by all accounts, the world’s largest and most influential documentary film festival.
Independent Lens Rack Up Awards at IDA
The IDA Documentary Awards took place last Friday in Los Angeles and Independent Lens films received high honors. Series Producer and ITVS Vice President Lois Vossen was on hand and filed this report to BTB.
From the beginning, it was clear this would not be your usual staid awards ceremony. Director Morgan Spurlock and Eddie Schmidt, president of the IDA Board, opened the show clothed only in Turkish towels in a skit to spoof the nominated documentary Steam of Life. Spurlock and Schmidt continued the fun throughout the evening, interspersing skits for all five featured films nominated for best documentary.
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Two ITVS Films Selected to Compete at Sundance
The Sundance Institute has revealed the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in January. Among the films selected are two ITVS-funded documentaries: If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation for the U.S. Documentary competition and Family Portrait in Black and White in the World Cinema Documentary competition.
Today’s announcement brings the total number of ITVS-funded films that have screened at Sundance to 71 since we first attended in 1994.
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And the Emmy Goes to…
The English Surgeon picked up an Emmy Monday night for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming
The English Surgeon! Congratulations to director/producer Geoffrey Smith and co-producer Rachel Wexler on picking up an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming. The film aired last year on P.O.V. and received funding from ITVS International.
The documentary follows a British neurosurgeon as he confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine. Check out this clip below from the Emmy Award-winning film, The English Surgeon.
Check back in with BTB tomorrow for a conversation with filmmaker Geoffrey Smith. Click here for a complete list of Emmy winners from last night’s awards.
ITVS Up for Five News & Documentary Emmys Monday
Five ITVS programs stand to win an Emmy tonight at the Lincoln Center in New York for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Awards.
Among the nominees are three Independent Lens programs — Tulia, Texas; No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos; and Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Two Emmy nominations also went to the ITVS programs The Way We Get By and The English Surgeon, both of which aired last year on P.O.V.
The Way We Get By received funding from LINCS, while The English Surgeon was supported by ITVS’s International Call (the next deadline for which has been pushed up to December 10, 2010 — don’t forget!).
Independent Lens Series Producer and ITVS Vice President Lois Vossen will be on hand at the ceremony tonight in New York.
Good luck to all!
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