Atlantic Public Media
[http://www.atlantic.org], a non-profit organization, founded
by Jay Allison. Based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it is
devoted to serving "public broadcasting through training and
mentorship, and through support for creative and experimental
approaches to program production and distribution."
Independent
Lens: Independent Lens is a PBS series that presents
independent film, mostly documentariesy, but also dramas and
shorts. This companion Web site contains links to filmmaker
Q&As and other content complementing the films.
Independent Television Service
(ITVS) -- the presenter of Independent Lens,
"provides information for hundreds of independent films
and documentaries, offering show summaries, filmmaker information,
outreach resources, public television broadcast listings and
more. Links to film companion sites and distributors are also
featured."
MediaRights.org
-- features "a database of social issue films that
allows viewers, educators, facilitators, activists and others
to find relevant films."
P.O.V. / Point of View
[http://www.pbs.org/pov/]
-- "P.O.V. is an award-winning PBS series featuring 12-14
independently produced nonfiction films each year. Its site
provides extensive resources for films featured in the series,
including lesson plans, discussion guides, background info,
filmmaker interviews, production journals and more."
Talking History: Aural
History Productions. Based at the University at Albany,
a production, distribution, and instructional center for all
forms of "aural" history. Its weekly radio show is broadcast
over the air and via the internet.
