Tag: Documentaries
How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
When Henry Hampton called, "I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything ...NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.Ken Burns: ‘I do not accept that only people of a particular background can tell ...
Speaking during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Burns said he supported PBS' new initiatives to increase programming diversity.Why independent documentary filmmakers want new and improved funding models
Filmmakers who search high and low for production money say public media must find ways to increase support for their work.Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency
Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.‘Eyes on the Prize’ producer Henry Hampton reflects on how to serve ‘a nation immersed ...
“We must help rebuild ... the faith that most Americans have always had in their future and their ability to share in ...PBS, ITVS delay documentary broadcast after Trump quote draws scrutiny
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America had pointed out inaccuracies in a quote from a 2020 press conference.‘Fast-Forward’ challenges viewers to have tough conversations about aging
A documentary debuting March 24 follows millennials and their boomer parents as they navigate an “aging boot camp.”Film explores ‘quiet revolutionary’ behind groundbreaking TV show of Black culture
"Ellis Haizlip ensured that the revolution would be televised, and the revolution was 'Soul!'”How documentaries can help communities navigate difficult conversations
A new study from the Center for Media & Social Impact finds that by hosting screenings of documentary films, public TV stations ...Opportunities and questions abound in the shifting marketplace for documentaries
In an excerpt from the new book "Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change," Caty Borum Chattoo considers how ...PBS to broadcast documentaries and specials on racism and police
The initiative includes programs from "PBS NewsHour," "Frontline," "POV" and "Independent Lens."After PBS drops film, PBS SoCal reviews documentary produced in association with a Chinese state ...
Citing concerns over its funding, PBS removed “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty” from PBS.org, Passport and the PBS Video ...Like the rest of Burns’ oeuvre, ‘Country Music’ offers ‘an opportunity to understand who we ...
Premiering on PBS Sept. 15, the documentarian's latest film follows the evolution of country music from 1923 to the mid-1990s.PBS, Futuro Media receive NEH grants
The grants are supporting documentaries and digital films.
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