Press Releases

  1. Acclaimed Half-Hour Documentary, A Son's Sacrifice, to Have Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 10pm

    December 6, 2007

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—A SON’S SACRIFICE follows the journey of Imran, a young man who confronts his Muslim roots at a halal slaughterhouse in Queens, New York. Half Bangladeshi and half Puerto Rican, Imran is a typical New Yorker, straddling life across multiple cultures in the world’s most multicultural city. Like

  2. How Is Your Fish Today? a Genre-Defying Blend of Feature and Documentary Set in a Village in Northernmost China

    December 6, 2007

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? a film that spins threads of fiction and nonfiction into a gossamer web will have its television premiere as part of the sixth season of the Emmy® Award–winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, January 29, at 10pm (check local

  3. Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita to Have Its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

    November 28, 2007

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—It is one of the most controversial issues of our time, one that is sure to be a major part of the upcoming political debates. MAPPING STEM CELL RESEACH: Terra Incognita goes beyond the rhetoric to put a human face on the issue, introducing viewers to doctors, researchers and patients on the front

  4. Lizzie Gottlieb’s Today's Man to Have Its Broadcast Premiere on the Emmy Award–Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 10:00 PM

    November 28, 2007

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA)—A sister’s search to understand her brother’s strange and extraordinary life, Lizzie Gottlieb’s TODAY’S MAN tells the story of Nicky Gottlieb, who has grown from a genius child into a young man who doesn’t quite fit in the world. TODAY’S MAN will have its broadcast premiere on the Emmy

  5. Aaron Matthews’ The Paper to Premiere on the Emmy ® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 10pm

    November 1, 2007

    Visit the companion Website >> (San Francisco, CA) — From gay rights to racial bias, from plummeting circulation to “infotainment,” from burnt-out reporters to hard-bitten editors, THE PAPER goes inside the newsroom to reveal the drama of pressure-cooker journalism. But this is not some big-city major daily. It’s The Daily Collegian,