For the last three years, a highlight for documentarians at the Sundance Film Festival has been the House of Docs, a community space designed to
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"Diverse. Innovative. Smart." These are the three words Independent Television Service (ITVS) executive director Sally Jo Fifer uses to describe the
Fangs, claws, dripping blood and sex scenes...No, it's not a drive-in monster movie from the '50s; it's probably a PBS wildlife special, the kind of
The idea for a film on the Jim Crow years had been lying dormant in the back of my mind since 1990. As a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement of
Filmmaker Justine Shapiro remembers the first time she encountered P.O.V., the PBS television series for independently produced nonfiction films. It
The seed for an in-depth look at the relationship between cable companies and filmmakers came as the result of some startling words from a legend in
Land in the American West was once advertised as free for the taking. Under the Homestead Act of 1863, nearly two million families came to settle
In the last decade scientists have made more remarkable discoveries involving the secret inner-workings of the human brain than in the previous 90
The verdict is in: Court TV is a hit. In the past two years, the basic cable channel has seen its availability rise from 40 million homes to 60
It was a familiar scene. The teacher would thread the projector, hit the switch and dim the lights. A flickering image of a dung beetle or herd of