Press Releases

Visit the program companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)— Ever wonder who grows the beans in your morning jolt of java? In their riveting, critically acclaimed BLACK GOLD, filmmaking brothers Nick and Marc Francis explore the complexities of the international coffee trade and introduce viewers to Tadesse Meskela, the General Manager of the…

Visit the program companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—Who would think a documentary about the collapse of a mammoth corporation could play out like a drama with the emotional power of Greek tragedy? But that is the impact of ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room, the inside story of one of history’s greatest business scandals, in which top…

Visit the program companion website (San Francisco, CA)— RACE TO EXECUTION is a powerful film that explores the deep and disturbing link between race and the death penalty in America. Following the stories of two Death Row inmates, Madison Hobley of Chicago, Illinois, and Robert Tarver of Russell County, Alabama, the film interweaves their compelling…

Visit the program companion website (San Francisco, CA)— STOLEN, a film about one of the most daring art heists of all time, will have its television premiere on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, hosted by Terrence Howard, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 10pm. In 1990, in the early morning hours after St. Patrick’s Day, thieves disguised…

(San Francisco, CA)— The Independent Television Service (ITVS), announced today that one of its acclaimed films, MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY, the ITVS funded documentary by director Laura Poitras, was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY is a co-production of ITVS, Praxis Films in association with American…