WNET Announces the Launch of SACRED: A Documentary That Explores Religious Ritual Through the Life-Cycle
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 11, 2016
SACRED, a feature-length documentary that explores religious ritual at birth, adolescence, marriage, aging and other key milestones of human life, premieres at three major film festivals in November: the Tokyo International Film Festival, the prestigious DOC NYC festival in New York, and the IDFA film festival in Amsterdam. SACRED is an experiment: a sweeping global film for which the director, Academy Award® winner Thomas Lennon, never once left his office in New York, instead commissioning or sourcing contributions from top international filmmakers in order to capture more than 40 diverse stories dispersed across the globe. Sweeping in its global reach, yet intensely intimate, the film is a tour de force that unifies these disparate scenes into a single work, told without narration, without experts and, for long stretches, without words at all.
Los Angeles Film Festival Announces Full 2015 Line-Up
by Caryn Robbins
- May 5, 2015
Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, produced by Film Independent with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. LIVE, announced its official U.S. Fiction, Documentary and World Competition sections.
Audra McDonald & Dee Dee Bridgewater Set for WLIW21's 'MANY RIVERS TO CROSS' Series, 5/11-18
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 28, 2014
WLIW21 New York Public Television will air a special presentation of noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s groundbreaking series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on Sunday, May 11 and 18, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. with enhanced content that offers a unique local approach to the issues covered in the nationally acclaimed series. During the intermission breaks between episodes, interviews include Tony and Grammy Award winners Dee Dee Bridgewater and Audra McDonald.
WOWOW Enters SACRED Co-Production with WNET
by Courtnie Mele
- Nov 26, 2013
Continuing to ramp up its original production activity and international co-production partnerships, WOWOW, Japan's leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is teaming with New York based WNET, the most-watched PBS station in the U.S., to produce a new crowdsourced TV documentary titled “Sacred.”
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA Wins 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 7, 2013
National public television series 'All-Star Orchestra' has been awarded the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award for outstanding broadcast and new media coverage of music. The award will be presented on November 14, 2013, to Music Director Gerard Schwarz, Video Producer John Forsen and Executive Director Paul Schwendener. 'All-Star Orchestra' airsSundays at 12:30 p.m. in the New York metro area on THIRTEEN & in Philadelphia on WHYY and Sundays at 3:30 p.m. in the New York metro area on WLIW21.
Thirteen Airs 8-Part Classical Music Special, Beg. Today
by TV News Desk
- Sep 8, 2013
Renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz and his hand-picked team of 'all-star' classical musicians from across the United States come together to form a new made-for-television concert series.All-Star Orchestra premieres nationwide in September on public television (check local listings), and airs in New York today, September 8, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and continues for seven consecutive weeks. Maestro Schwarz has taken a page from Major League Baseball's playbook, creating a team of the finest orchestral athletes from top orchestras in the United States. Featuring exceptional performances of the greatest works from the classical repertoire in an accessible format, All-Star Orchestra aims to expose a broad audience of classical music neophytes and connoisseurs to the wonder of classical music.
All-Star Orchestra to Premiere on THIRTEEN in New York City, 9/8
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 1, 2013
Renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz and his hand-picked team of top orchestral musicians from across the United States come together to form a made-for-television classical music concert seriespremiering on THIRTEEN on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. The All-Star Orchestra, similar to Major League Baseball's All-Star team, is composed of the finest orchestral 'athletes' from leading orchestras across the country. Featuring exceptional performances of symphonic masterpieces and contemporary works, The All-Star Orchestra seeks to expose broad audiences to classical music through a format that is both informative and accessible.Naxos of America, the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. and Canada, will release this unique series on DVD on September 24, 2013.
Thirteen to Air 8-Part Classical Music Special, Begin. 9/8
by Tyler Peterson
- Jul 25, 2013
Renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz and his hand-picked team of 'all-star' classical musicians from across the United States come together to form a new made-for-television concert series.All-Star Orchestra premieres nationwide in September on public television (check local listings), and airs in New York on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and continues for seven consecutive weeks. Maestro Schwarz has taken a page from Major League Baseball's playbook, creating a team of the finest orchestral athletes from top orchestras in the United States. Featuring exceptional performances of the greatest works from the classical repertoire in an accessible format, All-Star Orchestra aims to expose a broad audience of classical music neophytes and connoisseurs to the wonder of classical music.
WLIW21 Orders New Crowd-Sourced Documentary SACRED for 2015
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 10, 2013
Beginning on June 21, 2013, New York's WLIW21 invites the public around the world to contribute footage that answers the question - 'What is sacred to you?' Footage shot during the 365-day filming period and contributed via the film's Web site (www.sacredthemovie.org) will be edited together into a sweeping mosaic portrait of spiritual and religious life on earth.
TED TALKS EDUCATION Airs on PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk
- May 7, 2013
TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, and WNET, in partnership with PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will co-produce TED's first-ever original television special this spring, featuring content created and curated exclusively for the show. The TED TALKS EDUCATION one-hour program will feature a mix of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high-impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning. The special was taped before a live audience on April 4, 2013 in the BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater of New York's Brooklyn Academy Of Music, and will air nationally on PBS tonight, May 7, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. EST. TED TALKS EDUCATION is part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, a nationwide public media initiative made possible by CPB to help communities identify and implement solutions to the high school dropout crisis.
|
|