Press Releases

  1. FutureStates Returns with A Fourth Season of Seven Science Fiction Films Premiering April 24-June 5, 2013

    April 15, 2013

    (San Francisco) — ITVS announced today that FUTURESTATES , the acclaimed online series of genre-bending science fiction short films returns for a fourth season of forward-thinking, no-holds-barred explorations into the future of American society. Seven filmmakers envision the world at a crossroads, where discrimination, environmental

  2. BITTER SEEDS Premieres on Public Television April 2013

    March 28, 2013

    Every 30 minutes a farmer in India kills himself because he can no longer provide for his family. Bitter Seeds is a vivid, rich, and deep documentary that takes us to an Indian village at the center of the suicide crisis to explore what’s behind the shocking statistics. Eighteen-year-old Manjusha Amberwar hopes to get her first article published in the

  3. The Undocumented Premiers on Independent Lens on Monday, April 29, 2013, on PBS

    March 14, 2013

    (San Francisco, CA) — In the loud and contentious debate over immigration, there are voices that will never be heard — those of the more than 2500 border crossers who have perished in the vast wasteland between Sonora, Mexico and Tucson, Arizona in the last fifteen years. The Undocumented tells the story of these migrants who died while trying to cross an

  4. Detropia Premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 27, 2013, on PBS

    March 13, 2013

    (San Francisco, CA) – Detroit was the birthplace of the middle class, an industrial utopia where anyone who worked hard enough could experience the American Dream. Today, Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the past ten years, this iconic Midwestern city has lost 25 percent of its population and 50 percent of its manufacturing jobs. Local officials

  5. Seeking Asian Female Premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 6, 2013, on PBS

    March 13, 2013

    (San Francisco, CA) – Seeking Asian Female is the story of an Asian American filmmaker and her unlikely friendship with one of her worst nightmares: a 60-year-old white American man with a full-blown obsession for Asian women. With an incurable case of "yellow fever," Steven trolls international dating websites seeking the perfect, exotic young bride