Press Releases

“Play it – before you live it” www.worldwithoutoil.org (San Francisco—May 16, 2007)—In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, community cooperatives are being formed. In Philadelphia, workers share downtown apartments. In San Francisco and Chicago, abandoned cars block the streets. In Bristol, England, rationing has begun. In WORLD WITHOUT OIL, the first…

San Francisco—A visitor to an art filled home may quickly take note of paintings or photographs on the walls, but may overlook the finely wrought furniture, ceramics, glassware and fabrics, though the skill and artistry involved in creating these useful and often stunning objects has been quietly recognized for centuries. CRAFT IN AMERICA celebrates…

(San Francisco, California, USA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) has announced that two projects from the first-ever ITVS International Call have been selected for the 60th Cannes Film Festival. Only in its second year, these screenings represent a first for the ITVS International Call and its funded productions to be screened at the…

Visit the program companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—LA LUPE QUEEN OF LATIN SOUL tells the fascinating and ultimately tragic story of the Cuban bombshell known as La Lupe, once the reigning Queen of Latin Music, whose wild, unabashedly sensual singing style made her a sensation, first in Cuba and then New York. But unlike her sometime rival,…

Visit World Without Oil (San Francisco, CA)—Everyone knows that “someday” the world may face an oil shortage. What if it started today? How would your life change? PBS’ Independent Lens and its Electric Shadows Web-original programming today launched WORLD WITHOUT OIL, a live interactive month-long alternate reality event to explore this very real…