Press Releases

(Los Angeles, CA) — BROWN IS THE NEW GREEN: George Lopez and the American Dream, a new documentary from Phillip Rodriguez, airs Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 8 to 9pm ET on PBS (check local listings). This fresh, provocative film examines how corporate efforts to profit from the “Latino market” are shaping America’s perception of Latinos. The program…

(San Francisco, CA)—Independent Lens, the Emmy Award®-winning PBS series, once again hosted by the Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard, will return for a sixth season this fall on Tuesday, October 16 at 10:00 PM with the broadcast premiere of the box office hit WORDPLAY. The acclaimed anthology series will be supported by a new public education…

LINCOLN, Neb. — During the Second World War, U.S. Army Technical Sergeant Ben Kuroki flew 30 European missions aboard B-24s and 28 more in the Pacific on B-29s. But Sergeant Kuroki also waged a 59th mission against prejudice, bias and ignorance, struggling to be accepted in his own country—the United States of America. MOST HONORABLE SON airing Monday,…

(San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that its acclaimed anthology series Independent Lens, which airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on PBS, has received its first national primetime Emmy nomination. The Independent Lens special presentation of A LION IN THE HOUSE, which follows six years in the lives of five families…

(San Francisco—July 12, 2007)—At the end of the 32nd week of the global oil shock, things were looking up. Gasoline prices stabilized in the U.S. – at around $5.60 a gallon, down from a high over $7. Companies were starting to hire again – but more than 2 million people had lost their jobs. Cities were beginning to address more than $1 billion in damage from riots…