Baron Walker, featured in the award-winning documentary MILWAUKEE 53206, has received parole and was released today in Milwaukee, after serving more than 22 years in a Wisconsin prison, Odyssey Impact announced today. Walker grew up in zip code 53206, which incarcerates the highest proportion of Afr...
POV recently acquired the U.S. broadcast rights for306 Hollywood by Elan and Jonathan Bogarín. The film will join POV's early 2019 schedule with AmDoc/POV Co-production Minding the Gap by Bing Liu, which announced last week a Hulu Originals acquisition for an August 2018 theatrical and streami...
Today on World Refugee Day, public television's WORLD Channel announces the lineup of films for season 3 of Doc World, a series that showcases stories that dive deep into the heart of international issues, giving viewers a chance to understand the lives and concerns of people beyond U.S. borders. T...
Odyssey Impact and its production company Transform Films announced today a series of awards, upcoming films and growth for the Spring into Summer 2018. The national non-profit organization – that has won an unprecedented nine major awards including a 2018 Peabody Award and 2017 Venice Internation...
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors revealed today nine winners in the Documentary category for programs released in 2017. The honorees, part of the annual Peabody 30, include stories that give insight to the lingering grief of communities after mass shootings, the impact of climate change on Earth's...
Public Television's AMERICA REFRAMED has won its first Peabody Award, announced today by the Peabody Board of Jurors. Its 2017 presentation, Deej, which had its national broadcast premiere on the AMERICA REFRAMED documentary series on WORLD Channel is among a very select group of honorees as part of...
AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE Celebrates 10th Anniversary...
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), the WORLD Channel and KQED today announced the launch of Storybored USA, a new web series designed to empower diverse youth and millennials to tell their stories through creative arts and media. The ten-part series launches today at www.youtube.com/worldchannel with...
America ReFramed, an award-winning documentary series co-produced by partners WGBH/Boston and American Documentary (producers of the acclaimed POV series), explores America's ever-changing socio-cultural landscape. Following each TV premiere, FREE streaming will be offered via worldchannel.org and a...
The acclaimed documentary Class of '27 has won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism, it was announced today by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Filmed in the hollows of Appalachia, on native lands of the Upper Midwest and in West Coast migrant ...
Six new films from Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) will premiere on public television's WORLD Channel in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 (September 15-October 15)....
La MaMa, in association with Tamar Rogo Performance Projects, presents the world premiere of GRAND ROUNDS at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 E 4th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, running April 27 - May 14, 2017....
The Apothetae, a theater company committed to challenging perceived perceptions of the "Disabled Experience," and The Lark, a play development lab devoted to equity, community, and the power of an individual artistic voice, are thrilled to announce the launch and opening of submissions for the pilot...
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Washington Ballet performance company, the Ballet will premiere to the general public, a three-part video series that takes viewers on an emotional and inspirational look back at the people and creative works that have come to define the professional dance...
As a leader in educational media for children and students and a key partner with parents and educators across America, PBS today announced SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION, a special week of primetime programming examining the challenges facing today's students and America's education system....
The Capitol Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome two award-winning filmmakers, Esy Casey and Sarah Friedland, to the historic Kimball House as part of 2015-16 Salon Series on April 15 at 7:30pm....
Danielle Beverly's documentary OLD SOUTH has its national broadcast television premiere on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 8 p.m. on the WORLD Channel...
Public television's WORLD Channel will present the complete Emmy-Award winning Eyes on the Prize I and II starting tonight, January 17, 2016....
Public television's WORLD Channel will present the complete Emmy-Award winning Eyes on the Prize I and II starting January 17, 2016....
Join journalist and series host Natasha Del Torofor the continuation of the 3 rdseason ofAMERICA REFRAMED,WORLD Channel's independent film series co-produced with American Documentary, Inc. (AmDoc)....
World Channel presents AMERICA REFRAMED, a 26-week-long series to document the emotional stories of everyday America, beginning Sunday, September 9 at 8 p.m. on public television stations (check local listings) Presented by American Documentary, Inc. and public television's WORLD Channel WORLD Chan...
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