Press Releases
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Entertainment With a Purpose: National Community Cinema Series Spurs Social Discourse with Independent Documentaries From PBS' Independent Lens Series
September 3, 2009For a complete lineup of the ITVS Community Cinema series visit: communitycinema.org For more information about Independent Lens, visit: pbs.org/independentlens (San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) will launch the fifth year of its popular Community Cinema program in September 2009, a monthly national screening series…
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The Sweeping Saga of the Rise and Fall of a Great American City, Butte, America to Air Nationally on the Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10PM
September 3, 2009(San Francisco, CA)—BUTTE, AMERICA recounts the sometimes glorious, often sorrowful, but always fascinating story of Butte, Montana, the most lucrative hard rock mining town in United States history; a place known as “the Richest Hill on Earth,” “the Gibraltar of Unionism,” “the town that plumbed and electrified America” and “the Pittsburgh of the…
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Journals of a Wily School, an Inside Look at a School for Pickpockets in India, Premieres Tuesday, October 27, at 10pm on the PBS Series Independent Lens
September 3, 2009Visit the companion website >> (San Francisco, CA) — Filmed with unprecedented access to the activities of both pickpockets and police, JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL takes viewers inside the world of the petty thieves who ply their trade on the streets of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), and the detectives who try to control them. Directed by Sudeshna Bose…
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New Documentary Going on 13 to Premiere on Public Television
August 20, 2009More information about the program >> (San Francisco, CA)—Meet Ariana, Isha, Rosie and Esme as they let go of childhood and fumble—and sprint—toward an uncertain future. This is puberty, and for each of these girls of color, it’s a whirlwind of change and new choices. Without flinching, GOING ON 13 enters their world as they negotiate the precious,…
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New Documentary, End of the Rainbow, Reflects the Different Stories of Modern Day Globalization
August 20, 2009More information about the program >> (San Francisco, CA)—END OF THE RAINBOW is an in-depth look at the impact of global mining on local populations, their economy, their traditions and their environment. It depicts in striking detail the confrontation of two cultures—one indigenous, the other a unique reflection of the age of globalization.…