Free Lesson Plans Bring Context to Protests in Egypt
For educators and community organizers: check out our FREE lesson plans and video modules for the film Shayfeen.com: We’re Watching You about three women in Egypt who form an online watchdog group to...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Uprising in Context
ITVS FILMS AND RESOURCES HELP PLACE CURRENT EVENTS INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT ITVS has a history of working with international filmmakers as well as community organizers, educators, and activists to trace...
View ArticleLive Chat on Historic Changes in Egypt by ITVS and PBS NewsHour
JOIN US NEXT TUESDAY FOR A TEACHERS GUIDE TO THE UNREST IN EGYPT MODERATED BY NEWSHOUR’S HARI SREENIVSAN Join the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and PBS NewsHour for a live online discussion to...
View ArticleMaking Sense of a Historic Revolution in Egypt
PBS NEWSHOUR & ITVS TEAM UP TO EXPLAIN 18 DAYS OF PROTEST AND THE OUSTING OF PRESIDENT MUBARAK Nearly three weeks of protest on the streets of Cairo have managed to upend a government and president...
View ArticlePBS NewsHour & ITVS Host Live Chat on Egypt Today
HISTORIC CHANGES IN EGYPT: LESSONS IN DEMOCRACY, CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY LIVE CHAT BEGINS AT 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST Historic Changes in Egypt: Lessons in Democracy, Culture, and Technology Nearly three weeks...
View ArticleCelebrate Earth Day with a Social Screening of Garbage Dreams
The exclusive online screening will be held on Thursday, April 21 at 9PM EDT / 6PM PDT on Independent Lens’ Facebook Page and on Livestream. In celebration of Earth Day, Independent Lens will present...
View ArticleGlobal Voices Returns on Sunday with Shayfeen.com
ITVS and the WORLD Channel present the 4th season of the International Documentary Series Global Voices on Sunday, May 1 with the documentary Shayfeen.com. The film examines Egypt’s last round of...
View ArticleEgypt & Democracy Front and Center on Global Voices
As the 2011 protests in Egypt lit up Tahrir Square and ultimately ousted President Mubarak, ITVS revisited Shayfeen.com last February with a live chat in partnership with PBS NewsHour. The discussion...
View ArticleThe Garbage Dreams Game Nominated in 2nd Annual Games for Change Awards
The Games For Change Awards recognize excellence in games that address current, pressing social issues. The Garbage Dreams Game, developed to complement the acclaimed Independent Lens documentary by...
View ArticleNewly Funded: ITVS is Pleased to Announce Funding for Jed Rothstein’s Heavy...
ITVS recently approved funding for the documentary Heavy Metal Islam by filmmaker Jed Rothstein (Director/Producer). In 2008, a film crew began documenting a group of young heavy-metal musicians in...
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