ITVS’s Community Cinema has selected Between the Folds as one of the 9 monthly films for its fantastic national film series.

The film will tour cities across the country throughout the month of November 2009 for FREE screenings at libraries, museums and other public spaces.

Each screening will include a post-film panel for broader audience discussion.  We’re exceptionally thrilled that Between the Folds, along with ITVS and Community Cinema and viewers across the country, will be part of a growing interdisciplinary dialogue about art, design, math, science and creativity.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll have more details on dates, times and venues. Check back for more information.

Last week, ITVS held a retreat at its San Francisco HQ to discuss the upcoming Community Cinema season and meet with filmmakers and ITVS staff, including our very own fabulous executive producer, Sally Rosenthal.

Sally blogged about the day here on the Community Cinema website.

Community Cinema is the largest civic engagement program in broadcast television, featured in over 50 cities nationwide. Screenings are followed by lively panel discussions that bring together citizens, organizations and public television stations to encourage dialogue and action around important and timely social issues.

We’re exceptionally honored to be part of this incredible annual line-up, and we look forward to sharing this project – and the remarkable artists and scientists it features – with the PBS audience.

More details will be coming soon.  In the meantime, you can learn more about Independent Lens here.

From the their website: Airing weekly on PBS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is like an independent film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who are taking creative risks, calling their own shots and finding untold stories in unexpected places.