Article: Forgotten Fires, Gripping ITVS Documentary About Black Church Burnings, Airs Nationally on PBS Late April/Early May.

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Charleston Gazette;  April 28, 1999 ;     444 words ......out the provocative PBS documentary "Forgotten Fires." The thoughtful film chronicles the...Michael Chandler and Vivian Kleiman, "Forgotten Fires" (2 a.m. Thursday) is a superb example...mostly stayed safely in the shadows. "Forgotten Fires" was funded by the Independent Television...

Article: Independents in the public eye
The Village Voice;  July 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ITVS Turns 10 You'd think the Independent Television Service (ITVS) would be universally adored by filmmakers. Now 10 years...diverse and risky programming. But filmmakers' feelings about ITVS (subject of a MOMA retrospective July 5 through 22) are far...

Article: Independent TV service to move to San Francisco.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 11, 1997 ;     453 words ......sources. The Independent Television Service (ITVS), which has a budget of more than $7 million...category were at least partially financed by ITVS. The service was originally based in Minnesota...KTCA-Channel 2, the local PBS station. James Yess, ITVS's current executive director, is from San...

Article: Real `must-see TV' screening at Walker.(VARIETY)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 6, 2001 ;     420 words ......retrospective titled Shaking Up the Box: A Decade of ITVS. Regrettably, ITVS is so low-profile that some people - OK, many people...the formation of the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Its mission is to evaluate proposals and help bankroll...

Article: PBS Series Independent Lens to Broadcast Sports Films 'Chiefs' and 'Heart of the Sea'; 'CHIEFS' Follows Championship Native American Basketball Team Over Two Years; 'HEART OF THE SEA' Explores Life of Pioneering Hawaiian Surfer Rell Sunn.
PR Newswire;  March 10, 2003 ;     396 words ......Independent Lens, the popular new weekly PBS series from ITVS, described as entertaining as hell by Electronic Media...Communications (PIC) and KHET/Hawaii Co-presentation. About ITVS ITVS, a miracle of public policy, funds and presents award-winning...

Article: Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness/The Nehalem Tillamook: An Ethnography
Western Folklore;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness. By Omer C. Stewart. Edited by Henry T. Lewis and M. Kat Anderson. (Norman: University...

Article: Actress Angela Bassett to Host 'Independent Lens,' New Primetime PBS Series From ITVS, Premiering Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 10 P.M. Oscar-Nominated Actress to Do On-Air Introductions of the First Season, Featuring 14 Diverse New Documentaries.
PR Newswire;  December 12, 2002 ;     389 words ......FRANCISCO -- Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that Academy Award nominated...first season of Independent Lens, a new ITVS series on PBS. Bassett, whose career includes...filmmakers working today. I'm excited that ITVS and PBS are bringing these films to primetime...

Article: Academy Award(R) Winning Actress Susan Sarandon to Host New Season of Independent Lens on PBS; Independent Lens - A Film Festival in Your Living Room.
PR Newswire;  September 13, 2004 ;     357 words ......PRNewswire/ -- The Independent Television Service (ITVS) today announced that Academy Award(R) winner Susan...more information on our Fall lineup, visit the ITVS online pressroom at http://www.itvs.org/pressroom . CONTACT: Cara White of Caramar...

Article: Indigenous Issues Forum to Bring ITVS Outreach Project to Native Communities
The Native Voice;  November 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......acquainted with Independent Television Services (ITVS) and their outreach arm, the Community...we are expanding our relationship with ITVS and CCP by collaborating on a national...Voices." Rather than focus on just one film, ITVS and IIF are putting forth a whole group...

Article: Forgotten fires: native Americans and the transient wilderness
Anthropologica;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Anderson), Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002, xi + 364 pages (cloth). Reviewer: Marc Pinkoski University of Victoria Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness, Omer Stewart's posthumously published opus on Indian fire burning practices...

Article: Actor/Director Don Cheadle to Host Fall 2003/Spring 2004 Season of 'Independent Lens,' the Acclaimed Weekly Primetime PBS Series From ITVS; New Expanded Season Kicks Off on October 14, 2003.
PR Newswire;  June 11, 2003 ;     323 words ......The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that acclaimed actor/director...him a natural host for the series, says ITVS president and series executive producer...downloadable photographs, visit http://www.itvs.org/pressrooom/photos. CONTACT: Mary Lugo...

Article: Independent Television Service Names New Director Of Business Affairs
Sun Reporter, The;  June 29, 1995 ;     578 words ......Affairs. The Independent Television Service (ITVS) is pleased to announce the appointment...all aspects of the fiscal operations of ITVS, including financial management, budgeting...energy and expertise that Robert brings to ITVS. With critical challenges before us, I...

Article: HIGHLIGHTS
The Washington Post;  April 26, 1999 ;     566 words ......10:30). NBA Basketball. Washington at Milwaukee (HTS at 8:30); and L.A. Lakers at Houston (TBS at 8). Public Broadcasting Forgotten Fires (CC) uses the cases of two 1995 church burnings in South Carolina to examine the activities of the present-day Ku Klux Klan...

Article: In Memory Of...
AsianWeek;  April 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......former executive of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and a long time crusader for diversity in public...the executive director of the San Francisco based ITVS from 1994 to 2000. ITVS was established in 1991 by Congress to increase the...