Press Releases
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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, 2007Visit 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…
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How Is Your Fish Today? a Genre-Defying Blend of Feature and Documentary Set in a Village in Northernmost China
December 6, 2007Visit 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…
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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, 2007Visit 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…
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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, 2007Visit 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…
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Aaron Matthews’ The Paper to Premiere on the Emmy ® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 10pm
November 1, 2007Visit 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,…