Press Releases

  1. Independent Lens’s 2007–2008 Season Concludes With the Unforgettable True-Life Thriller Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

    April 30, 2008

    (San Francisco, CA)—The Emmy Award–winning PBS series Independent Lens concludes its 2007–2008 season with a thriller as terrifying as any Hollywood blockbuster. ABDUCTION tells the true story of Megumi Yokota, a 13-year-old Japanese girl abducted on her way home from school in 1977. For 20 years, her desperate parents had no idea what had happened to…

  2. Writ Writer to Premiere on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, June 3, 2008

    April 30, 2008

    Visit the companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—WRIT WRITER is the moving and inspiring story of self-taught jailhouse lawyer Fred Arispe Cruz and the legal battle he waged to secure the constitutional rights of Texas prisoners. By most measures, Cruz was an ordinary criminal, but his extraordinary battle to expose the officially sanctioned…

  3. Morgan Neville’s The Cool School to Have its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, June 10, 2008

    April 30, 2008

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—How do you build an art scene from scratch? How do you walk the fine line between creativity and commerce in the cutthroat art world? How do you make art matter in a city that has never cared? At the dawn of the 1950s, Los Angeles was a cultural dust bowl, with isolated pockets of bohemians, surfers,…

  4. Deep Water, a Stunning Psychological Thriller about the Most Daunting Nautical Challenge Ever

    April 30, 2008

    “This is one of those stories that couldn’t possibly be invented, that has the jaw-dropping twists and reverses only reality can provide. If you want to know why documentaries are increasingly capturing audiences’ imaginations, this is a good place to start.” —Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles TimesVisit the companion Website >> (San Francisco,…

  5. Groundbreaking School Unites Jewish and Arab Children, Bridge Over the Wadi Reveals What Happpens When Two Sides Set Aside Deep-Rooted History of Conflict

    April 21, 2008

    Visit the Global Voices Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—In 2004, a group of Palestinian and Israeli parents began an experiment in Israel’s Wadi Valley: a school called Bridge Over the Wadi, which educates 50 Jewish children and 50 Arab children. The school’s purpose is to create meaningful interaction amongst the town’s Arab and Israeli…