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Notes from LA: Director Visits with Diverse Cinema Audiences

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Anne Makepeace (left) and Dr. Mishuana Goeman (right)

Anne Makepeace reports from Los Angeles …

What a weekend I’ve just had! Still jet-lagged from Saturday’s flight, I screened We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles on Sunday for one of the many free Community Cinema screenings organized by Independent Lens. Desiree Gutierrez, an Outreach Coordinator for Independent Lens, had arranged the event with co-sponsorship of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center. For a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, we had a terrific and very diverse crowd; including a Wampanoag man far from his home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Continue reading →

SF Panelist’s Experience in Afghanistan’s Hunger Strike

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Abigail Disney, moderator and member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Jennifer Mirren, and Anasuya Sengupta, Regional Program Director, Asia/Oceania, Global Fund for Women

Humaira Ghilzai was a panelist for the San Francisco Community Cinema screening of Peace Unveiled, one of the episodes of the groundbreaking Women, War & Peace series, which aired on PBS. She joined series producer Abigail Disney, moderator and member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Jennifer Mirren, and Anasuya Sengupta, Regional Program Director, Asia/Oceania for the Global Fund for Women. Humaira wrote to us recently about the activism of Afghan parliamentarian Simeen Barakzai, who was on her 12th day of an 18-day hunger strike in Afghanistan to protest allegations of election fraud. Barakazai, mother to three small boys, was the first person to use hunger striking as a form of government protest there.

Cyntoia’s Life: Through a Classroom Lens

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Seniors at Impact Academy screen the Independent Lens doc Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story

Last week, ITVS hosted a live chat with Dan Birman, the director of Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story, and the seniors at Impact Academy High School in Hayward, CA. Julie Galender will graduate from Impact this year and was a former intern with ITVS. Julie helped organize the live chat and offered CC her thoughts on the discussion.

Recently, I had the opportunity to intern for the Independent Television Service (ITVS).  My time working at the San Francisco organization got me really interested in watching documentaries and I wanted to share my excitement with all my friends.

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