Newly Contracted: ITVS Announces Funding for Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer of Xmas Without China

The documentary Xmas Without China follows Tom Xia’s journey as he challenges a California family to celebrate Christmas without any products from China. Filmmakers Tom Xia and Alicia Dwyer are among several new recipients of ITVS’s Open Call Funding.

A scene from Xmas Without China

The filmmaking pair discussed the project on a recent visit to the SF. Check out the video after the jump…
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Tags: alicia dwyer, China, economics, economy, gloablization, ITVS, open call funding, PBS, tom xia, U.S., xmas without china

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.
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Looking for something inspired from the Middle East? Find recipes on a variety of pickled foods >>

Tags: economics, Galilee, pickles, women