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Beth Curley Gets Nashy | Mayor Dean Praises `Children`s Health Crisis`
As previously announced, NPT president and CEO Beth Curley received The Nashy Award last week for Outstanding Contributions to the Growth of the Nashville Film and Cultural Community. The award was presented by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean at the annual Nashville Film/Television Town Meeting at the Belcourt Theatre on February 19. Prior to Dean’s comments [...]
Media Update: Geena Davis Leads Women and Girls in Nashville
Academy Award winning actress Geena Davis spent two days in Nashville this week promoting the work of the Women and Girls Lead public media campaign, Nashville Public Television, the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in the Media and the Andrews Institute of Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University. Wednesday featured a online-only social screening of War [...]
(Media Update) `Southern Belle` to Screen in Australia
Southern Belle is headed south — real south, that is — to Sydney, Australia to screen as part of this year’s INPUT conference and festival. Filmmakers Mary Makley & Kathy Conkwright will be in attendance to present the film, and will follow it with a Q&A with attending public television professionals from around the world. [...]
NPT Invites You to Shelbyville
The Nashville Public Television and national PBS broadcast of Welcome to Shelbyville is just around the corner (Tuesday, May 24 at 9:00 p.m.) But tomorrow, at the Nashville Downtown Public Library, NPT viewers can get a more personal experience with the film. Join NPT and ITVS Community Cinema Nashville at 2:30pm for a free reception, [...]
Why `For Once In My Life` Matters: Especially in Music City
Making the case for why musicians should see “For Once in My Life.”
A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim Walk into a Documentary
Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens. I grew up in an Italian-American Roman Catholic family. Like most good Catholic boys, I at one point in my youth pondered whether I should enter the priesthood. And like most good Catholic families, it would have been an honor for my family if I did. I [...]
Announcing the 2010/11 ITVS Community Cinema Series at Nashville Public Library
We’re proud to announce the 2010/11 season of ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville. Now in its third year in Nashville, Community Cinema returns with nine compelling documentaries from this year’s lineup on Independent Lens, followed by engaging panel discussions and Q&A sessions. The free screening series begins in Nashville on October 30 with Reel Injun: [...]
Women`s Empowerment Film Fest Comes to Nashville August 21
Free daylong series Aug. 21 features four documentaries with strong female characters – A Girl’s Life, Off and Running, Troop 1500, and Lakshmi and Me – followed by discussions. As NPT gets ready to partner with ITVS and the Nashville Public Library this October to launch our third season of ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville, [...]
ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville 2009-10 Wrap-Up
The fantastic 2009-10 Season of ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville has officially wrapped. We were holding on just a little while longer in hopes of finally screening The Horse Boy after two postponements, first due to severe weather, and second due to the Flood. But as you read on, you’ll see that all hope is [...]
Free Screening of `A Village Called Versailles` Sat May 15
As Jack Silverman points out in this week’s Nashville Scene, “the universe works in mysterious ways,” referring to the fact that this weekend’s ITVS Community Cinema screening of A Village Called Versailles — presented by ITVS, NPT, Hands on Nashville and the Nashville Film Festival — was scheduled in September of 2009, many months before [...]
