Impact
Connecting our films to communities. Inspiring audiences to take action.
INDEPENDENT LENS RELEASES STORIES FOR JUSTICE IMPACT REPORT
Audience data shows documentaries increased understanding about the inequities in the U.S. justice system
Belly of the Beast’s Impactful Engagement Strategy
Documentary film aims to end sterilizations in women’s prisons and to get reparations for survivors
STORIES FOR JUSTICE
A public media partnership born out of a growing groundswell of interest in criminal justice issues
Engaged hundreds of young men to reduce gender-based violence across India through Women and Girls Lead Global.
For Viewers
Airing weekly on PBS, this Emmy Award-winning series is television’s leading showcase of independent documentaries, and brings vital conversations directly to communities on-the-ground and online via the programs below.
Indie Lens Pop-Up
Featuring documentaries seen on PBS’s Independent Lens, this neighborhood series brings people together for film screenings and locally-driven conversations. Online and in over 90 cities across the U.S.
OVEE
Connecting you to new and targeted communities, this digital platform lets you screen your film and lead a conversation, engage with panelists, and answer poll questions from any desktop or mobile device. Over 200,000 attendees and counting.
DocSCALE
A participatory feedback platform developed by ITVS, DocSCALE, will help gather insights from audiences in their own words, engaging communities while surfacing data that documents the evolution of understanding, dialogue, and civic decision-making at the local level.
For Educators
Get free access to innovative, standards-aligned digital resources and streaming content based on our award-winning documentaries.
From our blog
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ITVS Receives NEA Research Grant to Better Understand Relationship Between Documentary Makers and Participants
March 21, 2023Amid intense ongoing discussions of ethics in the arts, including the potential power imbalance between filmmakers and film participants, ITVS will research evidence-based practices that documentary filmmakers may use as they work with people who participate in their films. ITVS is partnering with researchers from Columbia University and…
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ITVS Shares Our Progress on Representation
February 7, 2023As an organization with diversity and inclusivity as our top priority, ITVS has a long record of sharing with the public the data that we provide each fiscal year to our board of directors. We’re proud of our record of representation—on our board, on our staff, and among our ITVS-funded filmmakers and programs—and we continuously strive to improve our…
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ITVS Announces CEO Departure of Sally Jo Fifer
January 12, 2023ITVS announced today that it will launch a search for its next chief executive officer to succeed Sally Jo Fifer. She will remain in her role until the board hires and onboards a new President and CEO.“What a gift it has been these past 22 years to serve film artists who engage and transform our hearts and minds — make us more empathetic, more just, more wise,”…