A FUTURESTATES Double Header: Watch Charlie 13 and Gunny

The FUTURESTATES shorts will be streamed live through ITVS’s new social video player starting on Thursday, April 26 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET with a screening of Charlie 13 followed by Gunny. Filmmakers Michael McMillian (Charlie 13) and Patrick Stettner (Gunny) will be chatting live to discuss their film and take your questions.

Live Social Screening of Charlie 13 with filmmaker Michael McMillian on Thursday, April 26 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET

About Charlie 13
On the eve of his 13th birthday, will Charlie Tuttle submit to a government-mandated tracking implant, or answer a more dangerous call to adventure?
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Gunny: A FUTURESTATES Online Social Screening

ITVS presents a social screening of FUTURESTATES: Gunny. This event will take place online Thursday, April 26 at 5PM PT / 8PM ET.



Join us for a social screening of FUTURESTATES Episode 3: Gunny with filmmaker Patrick Stettner, who will be taking part in the screening to talk about the film and take your questions live.

Participants can join for free by signing in with Facebook or directly on the site, interacting with other viewers and panelists in real-time, while watching the film. Viewers can comment, ask questions, take polls, and even express their feelings about what they’re watching through a variety of tools on the site. This is an entirely new way of experiencing documentary films and it is inherently social. Continue reading

Gunny Premieres on FUTURESTATES

Directed by Patrick Stettner the film will be available to stream for free at futurestates.tv and simultaneously on pbs.org

A young female soldier returns home after a traumatic tour of duty, taking a new medication that can selectively erase memories. Learn more about Gunny from filmmaker Patrick Stettner in a recently conducted Skype interview, after the jump.
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Screening of FUTURESTATES at the Tribeca Film Festival

ITVS and the Tribeca Film Institute will be hosting a free screening of FUTURESTATES Season 3 on Saturday, April 21 at 2PM in New York City.

What will be of America in 5, 25, or even 50 years from today? This series of independent mini-features, short narrative films created by established filmmakers and emerging talents, explores possible future scenarios through the lens of today’s global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent filmmakers as they inhabit a future of their own imagining.

The screening will take place on Saturday, April 21 at 2PM at the Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street) in New York City, followed by a Q&A with many of the FUTURESTATES filmmakers, including Jennifer Phang (Advantageous), Patrick Stettner (Gunny), and Trevin Matcek (Life Begins at Rewirement).

To attend, please RSVP to rsvp@itvs.org