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How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career

By Paul Stekler, Documentary Filmmaker and Professor (University of Texas at Austin) | October 11, 2021

When Henry Hampton called, “I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything changed after that.”

Programs/Content

NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers

By Julian Wyllie Julian Wyllie, Reporter | October 5, 2021

ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.

System/Policy

New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI

By Julian Wyllie Julian Wyllie, Reporter | September 29, 2021

The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.

Programs/Content

Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency

By Julian Wyllie Julian Wyllie, Reporter | April 23, 2021

Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.

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Programs/Content

‘Fast-Forward’ challenges viewers to have tough conversations about aging

By Skye Witley Skye Witley, Former Editorial Intern | February 19, 2021

A documentary debuting March 24 follows millennials and their boomer parents as they navigate an “aging boot camp.”

People

Abigail Disney to women filmmakers: ‘It’s time to throw out the rulebook’

By Abigail Disney | May 2, 2016

The director of The Armor of Light challenges women media-makers to rebel against the glorification of violence in film and television.

Programs/Content

Promotional strategy for ‘Black Panthers’ pays off for PBS

By Henry Schneider Henry Schneider, Contributing Editor | March 14, 2016

The filmmakers’ strategy for engaging an audience was in the works for more than a year.

Documentaries on PBS

Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds

By Henry Schneider Henry Schneider, Contributing Editor | August 12, 2015

The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.

Programs/Content

PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy

By Luis Gomez | August 5, 2015

An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.

Documentaries

AFI honors Stanley Nelson, public TV’s ‘filmmaker of black experience’

By Andrew Lapin, Freelance Contributor | June 22, 2015

Though Nelson didn’t particularly take to that title.

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