Yes, We Are Coming to Public Television!

We are thrilled to announce that the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) has accepted all four episodes of Standing on Sacred Ground for broadcast distribution. Public television stations nationwide will have the opportunity to schedule the films for broadcast starting this spring. Some stations may show episodes as early as April to celebrate Earth Day. Other stations have indicated they will broadcast the films during May’s Asian-Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. Hopefully, we will have major carriage across the country in November for Native American Heritage Month. We will keep you updated as we get broadcast information, but remember to check your local listings!

Check out our new 30-second promo clip for public television.

At this transformational moment it’s important to reiterate my heartfelt thanks to our two amazing writing/editing teams of Jessica Abbe/Quinn Costello and Jennifer Huang/Marta Wohl; to our field magicians: Andy Black, Will Parrinello, Vicente Franco and Dave Wendlinger; to our indigenous allies and film participants Onondaga Chief Oren Lyons, Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk, activist Winona LaDuke, Altaian leader Danil Mamyev (pictured above and patiently tolerating our endless exploitation of his image), Native Hawaiian activists Emmett Aluli, Davianna McGregor, Craig Neff and Luana Busby-Neff, tar sands activist Mike Mercredi, actresses Tantoo Cardinal and Q’orianka Kilcher, narrator Graham Greene, author Barry Lopez, writer Satish Kumar — and also to Ken Wilson, Bob Friede, Barbara and Tom Sargent, Jaune Evans, Patty Quillin, Reed Hastings, Polly and Bill McLeod, Susan and Jim Crown, Peter Coyote, Cordy Fergus, Erin Lee, Callie Shanafelt, Allison Torres, Susan Alexander, Pat Koren, Laurie Smith, Vicki Engel, Marlo McKenzie, Ashley Tindall, Helena Gonzales, Jennifer Castner, Joan Lander, Anna Heath, Leroy Clark, Shane Watson, Gary Coates, Heather Weaver, Todd Miro, Audrey Jardin, Dave Murray, John Atkinson, Jon Herbst, Tom Disher, Stefan Smith, Charles Johnson, Indra Mungal, Dianne Brennan, John Knox, Kevin Connelly, Dave Phillips, John Antonelli, Jenny Abbe, Chagat Almashev, Maria Amanchina, Matt Yamashita, Donne Dawson, Kaliko Baker, Mike Preston, Rick Wilson, R.T., Nathaniel Wolde, Rosa Koian, Barry Lalley, John Chitoa, Alejandro Argumedo, Fredy Flores Machacca, Charles Roche, Gleb Raygorodetsky, Tadesse Wolde, Erjen Khamaganova, Catherine Sparks, Cara Mertes, Don Weeden, Hadley Grousbeck, Susan O’Connor, Susan Newman, George Appell, Cheryl and Leanne at Pacific Islanders in Communications, Georgianna and Shirley at Vision Maker Media, John and Winnie at Bullfrog Films, and to friends, allies and family too numerous to name, but in particular Miles and Fiona McLeod, and, once again, my ever-patient and profoundly creative partner Jessica Abbe. Thank you!