KCETLink Announces New Fall Slate of Global Documentaries
Revealing Films Explore Human Interest, Environmental,
and Political Stories and More from Around the World
Burbank, Calif. - Aug. 27, 2014 - KCETLink, the national independent public
transmedia organization, will premiere a new fall
slate of global documentaries, exploring a wide range of topics, including:
human rights, ecology, history and politics, health and more.
The lineup debuts with THE HUNGRY TIDE, an
hour-long profile following NGO worker Maria Tiimon of the Kiribati Islands
in the Pacific, who reveals the tragic impact climate change and global warming
is having on the region. The film will air on Link TV (DirecTV 375 and DISH Network 9410) on
Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. and on KCET on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 9:30 p.m. Select films will be available online after their
airdates at linktv.org or kcet.org/video.
Link TV Documentary Schedule (National)
THE HUNGRY TIDE
Tuesday, Sept. 2 at
8 p.m. ET/PT
Originally from the Kiribati Islands, NGO worker Maria Tiimon is raising
awareness about the climate change issues in the Pacific. In the film, the
stark global inequalities driving the global warming phenomenon are exposed and
only decisive global action will save Kiribati from disappearing.
STRANDED: THE ANDES PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS
Thursday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. PT / Monday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET
On Friday, October 13, 1972, charter flight 571 took off from Montevideo,
Uruguay's capital city, carrying a boisterous team of wealthy college athletes
to a rugby match in Chile. But what was supposed to be a first taste of freedom
away from home turned out to be a much more sinister and life-altering journey.
CIRCUS SCHOOL
Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Take a rare look into one of China's most treasured commodities -- acrobats.
Following students as they prepare for a national competition, this film
reveals the rigorous physical training they must endure. Through exhaustion,
injury, and broken bones, the students will let nothing stop their seamless and
precise performances in order to be the best.
COAL RUSH
Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
When a rural Appalachian community figures out that severe illnesses may
not be an act of God, but of environmental wrongdoing, locals take on major
coal company, Massey Energy over contaminated water that they charge is the
cause of widespread sickness.
FOR GOD, TSAR AND FATHERLAND
Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Russian nationalism
percolates in a castle outside Moscow, where Mikhail Morozov--who longs for a
return to the glory days of Old Russia--rules autonomously over young initiates,
laying the groundwork for a rapidly growing right-wing movement.
ABC COLUMBIA
Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. PT / Monday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET
Through the eyes of children, the film explores the realities that nurture
and perpetuate violence in a small, rural Columbian community controlled by
paramilitary forces.
COUNTERFEIT CULTURE
Saturday, Sept 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Explore the dangerous and sometimes deadly world of fake products. An
industry that once dealt in imitation designer handbags and shoes has exploded
into a global epidemic of counterfeit pharmaceuticals, foods, toys, electronic
goods, car parts and microchips. Shot on location in Canada, U.S., Asia and
Europe, the film challenges consumers to take a deeper look at what appear to
be harmless knock-offs at bargain prices.
IRANIAN KIDNEY BARGAIN SALE
Thursday. Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. PT /
Monday, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. ET
With an official kidney referral agency as the backdrop, the film
follows young Iranians through the organ trade process -- from their initial
appointment to the actual surgery and kidney removal. Iran is the only country
in the world where kidney trading is legal. Every 10 minutes, a young person
wishing to sell their kidney reports to the reception of one of the official
kidney referral agencies.
KCET Documentary Schedule (Southern California):
THE HUNGRY TIDE
Wednesday, Sept. 3
at 9:30 p.m. PT
Originally from the Kiribati Islands, NGO worker Maria Tiimon is raising
awareness about the climate change issues in the Pacific. In the film, the
stark global inequalities driving the global warming phenomenon are exposed and
only decisive global action will save Kiribati from disappearing.
COAL RUSH
Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 9:30 p.m. PT
When a rural Appalachian community figures out that severe illnesses may
not be an act of God, but of environmental wrongdoing, locals take on major
coal company, Massey Energy over contaminated water that they charge is the
cause of widespread sickness.
CAPE SPIN! AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLE
Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 9:30 p.m. PT
This film explores the tragicomic tale of the 10-year battle over America's
largest proposed clean energy project -- and a microcosm of the obstacles the
country faces in the larger struggle to move towards more sustainable forms of
energy on a broader scale. When energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon first proposed
Cape Wind, a project to put 130 wind turbines in fabled Nantucket Sound, he had
no idea that a huge firestorm of opposition would erupt. Cape Spin! tells the
incredible tale of how America's first proposed offshore wind farm triggered an
unexpected schism in this idyllic coastal region. Neighbor was pitted against
neighbor, environmentalist against environmentalist, and unexpected alliances
were forged -- including Kennedys and Kochs on the same side.
*For editors: To request screener links and images, please contact Ayn
Allen, aallen@kcet.org.
ABOUT KCETLINK
KCETLink is the national independent public transmedia
organization formed by the merger between KCET and Link Media. A
viewer-supported 501c(3) organization, its content is distributed nationally
via satellite on DirecTV (375) and DISH (9410), in Southern and Central
California via broadcast, as well as through various digital delivery systems.
The combined organization reaches a wide broadcast audience that includes Link
TV's 33 million satellite subscribers and KCET's 5.6 million households in
Southern and Central California. KCETLink is committed to driving public media
innovation with smarter ways to access content that engages all audiences with
global storytelling. For additional information about KCETLink productions,
web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please
visit kcet.org or linktv.org.
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