Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Unique in American public television, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) was established by Congress "to fund and promote programming that involves creative risks and addresses the needs of underserved audiences," while granting artistic control to independent producers. In 1998, ITVS presented producer David Sutherland's landmark, critically-acclaimed PBS series THE FARMER'S WIFE, which looked at the current farm crisis.
ITVS has funded more than 350 programs for public television since its inception in 1991. ITVS programs include FORGOTTEN FIRES, Emmy Award winners GIRLS LIKE US and NOBODY'S BUSINESS, the Peabody Award-winning documentaries TRAVIS, A HEALTHY BABY GIRL and THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE, and duPont Award winners TAKEN IN: THE LIVES OF AMERICA'S FOSTER CHILDREN and STRUGGLES IN STEEL: A STORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN STEELWORKERS.
For more information contact ITVS at 51 Federal St., First Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107; Email: pr@itvs.pbs.org or visit the ITVS Web site at www.itvs.org.
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
Founded in 1979, the National Black Programming Consortium, Inc. (NBPC) funds and promotes culturally specific programs about the African Diaspora and offers them to the Public Broadcasting System. NBPC is headquartered in Columbus, OH with a regional office in Pittsburgh, PA (WQED) and is one of the five Minority Consortia representing Asian Americans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans and African American communities. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting serves as NBPC's primary funder with additional funding support from local and national foundations, corporations and its membership.
NBPC has funded over 250 programs and producers. As host to an annual Prized Pieces Competition, Awards Ceremony and Film Festival, NBPC has served over 500 new producers over the past 20 years. Landmark NBPC programs include the acclaimed series from the late Henry Hampton, I'LL MAKE ME A WORLD; the Great Performance Special, A HYMN FOR ALVIN AILEY; BLACK PRESS: SOLDIERS WITHOUT SWORDS; STILL/HERE; DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST by Julie Dash; CONJURE WOMEN; W.E.B. DU BOIS: A BIOGRAPHY IN FOUR VOICES and many more.
For information contact NBPC at 888-464-6272 or 761 Oak Street, Suite A, Columbus, OH 43205. Email: nbpcinfo@blackstarcom.org or visit the NBPC Web site at www.blackstarcom.org.
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