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1. Interrupt Violence: New Interactive Website for The Interrupters

   February 14, 2012

   Filmmaker Steve James' The Interrupters premieres on FRONTLINE Tuesday night on PBS. The ITVS-funded documentary looks at a group of men and women in Chicago — most of them former gang leaders and ex-cons — that are trying to "interrupt" shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once employed.  A companion site for the…

2. Live Chat on The Interrupters with Filmmaker Steve James

   February 13, 2012

   Join FRONTLINE, ITVS, and acclaimed director Steve James to discuss his latest documentary The Interrupters, which premieres Tuesday night on PBS.<a…

3. Interrupter Ameena Matthews Handles Stephen Colbert

   February 2, 2012

   Featured in the ITVS-funded documentary The Interrupters, Ameena Matthews gave a powerful performance on Wednesday's edition of the Colbert Report. The documentary, by acclaimed director Steve James, will premiere on PBS's FRONTLINE on February 14.          The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire…

4. Back to Back Investigative Reports, Tuesday on FRONTLINE

   June 28, 2011

   The PBS series will offer a magazine style program on Tuesday night with two joint investigative reports: The Child Cases and Educating Sergeant Pantzke.  On Tuesday June 28 at 9pm ET, FRONTLINE will air (and post online) The Child Cases, the result of a joint-investigation of more than 20 pediatric death cases in which people were jailed on medical…

5. April is Parkinson's Awareness Month - Watch My Father, My Brother, and Me on PBS.org

   April 16, 2010

   As many as 1.5 million people in the United States are afflicted with Parkinson’ s Disease. And while research using stem cells shows promise and has resumed under the Obama Administration, there is still no cure. About $25 billion dollars is spent on the treatment of and care for Parkinsonian patients every year. In honor of Parkinson's Awareness Month, we…