Leaders in the public television documentary sector are set to convene at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas for a crucial summit, weeks after Congress yanked funding for the entity that supports public media.

The festival’s Filmmaker Forum, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , will host representatives from PBS , American Documentary/POV, American Public Television, Black Public Media, Firelight Media, Kartemquin Films, Latino Public Broadcasting, Reel South, along with public television stations including Austin PBS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Maryland Public Television, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Nashville PBS, South Carolina ETV and WXXI Public Media (Rochester).

Also represented will be ESPN 30 for 30, Video Consortium, and Visi

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