Press Releases

(San Francisco, CA) Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story is a hard-edged look into the troubled life of Nashville’s Cyntoia Brown, a young woman tried as a juvenile and currently serving a life sentence for a murder she committed at age 16. Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story will have its premiere on the Peabody and Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens,…

(San Francisco, CA)—The Independent Television Service (ITVS) announced today that four of its funded films have been selected to screen at the upcoming 2011 Sundance Film Festival, to be held in Park City, Utah January 20 to 30. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front directed by Marshall Curry will screen in the U.S Documentary…

San Francisco, CA—The United States is one of the most religiously observant and spiritually diverse countries in the world, yet mainstream media has surprisingly underrepresented the significance of faith in the U.S. The Calling, a groundbreaking four-hour documentary series to air on Independent Lens in December, provides a fresh and nuanced…

(San Francisco, CA)— Featuring never-before-seen archival footage of the legendary beat author and American icon William Burroughs, as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidants including John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus Van Sant, and Laurie Anderson, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within is a probing, yet loving look at the man…

(San Francisco) –Deep Down’s Virtual Mine is an educational 3D environment, game, and educational curriculum for teachers, students, and anyone who'd like to learn more about mountain top removal, coal fired power production, alternative energies, and the music and culture of Appalachia.  Created by the producers of Deep Down in the popular world of…