WEAVING
TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, SCIENCE AND TRADITION,
“NATIVE
AMERICA”
HIGHLIGHTS
THE WORLD CREATED BY THE FIRST PEOPLES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Narrated by Robbie
Robertson
Available on DVD November
6
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for a Preview of the Program
Arlington,
Va. – October 24, 2018 – PBS Distribution announces the release
of “NATIVE
AMERICA” available on DVD November 6. This new series from
Providence Pictures, weaves history and science with living indigenous
traditions. The series brings to life a land of massive cities connected by
social networks spanning two continents, with unique and sophisticated systems
of science, art and writing. Made with the active participation of Native
American communities and filmed in some of the most spectacular locations in
the hemisphere, “NATIVE AMERICA” illuminates the splendor of a past whose story
has for too long remained untold.
“NATIVE
AMERICA” will be available on DVD ($29.99
SRP) November 6, 2018. The program has a run time of approximately 216 minutes. The program is currently
available for download from iTunes and Amazon.
Narrated
by Robbie Robertson (Mohawk and member of the famed rock group The Band), each
part of “NATIVE AMERICA” explores Great Nations and reveals cities,
sacred stories and history long hidden in plain sight. In what is now America’s
Southwest, indigenous people built stone skyscrapers with untold spiritual
power and transformed deserts into fertile fields. In upstate New York,
warriors renounced war and formed America’s first democracy 500 years before
the Declaration of Independence, later inspiring Benjamin Franklin. Just
outside of Mexico City, the ancient city of Teotihuacan is home to massive
pyramids built to align with the sun and moon. On the banks of the Mississippi,
rulers also raised a metropolis of pyramids and drew thousands to their new
city to worship the sky. And in the American West, nomadic tribes transformed a
weapon of conquest — the horse — into a new way of life, turning the tables on
European invaders and building a mobile empire.
The
producers of the program were given remarkable access to Native American
communities, going behind the scenes at special events, including a pilgrimage
to ancestral ruins at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, a trek across lost
territories in the American West and an investiture ceremony for a chief in the
Pacific Northwest, surrounded by cedar totem poles and centuries of tradition. Numerous
Native American musicians provided music for the series and tribal members and
descendant communities, whose ancestors built this world, share their stories,
revealing long-held oral traditions as the thread that runs through the past to
these living cultures today.
“NATIVE
AMERICA” is executive produced and directed by Gary Glassman for
Providence Pictures. Julianna Brannum (Comanche) is series producer and talent
liaison.
Producers/directors:
Joseph C. Sousa and Scott Tiffany. Producer/editor: Rob Tinworth. Edited by
Sean Sandefur, with music by Ed Tomney. Coordinating producers: Maureen Barden
Lynch and Ben Sweeney. Animation by Handcranked Productions. Sacred Story
animations by Daniel Sousa, with 3D animation by Mitch Butler.
About
Providence Pictures
Providence
Pictures believes television has the power to change the world. For twenty
years, Providence Pictures has produced programs for the most prestigious
international broadcasters — PBS, Discovery, History, National Geographic, BBC,
and Arte. Through stunning photography, dramatic narrative, meticulous
research, innovative animation, and elegant cinematic re-enactments, Providence
Pictures crafts complex ideas into compelling, intelligent stories. Their films
have won and been honored with nominations for television’s most prestigious
awards — six Emmys, two Writers Guild Awards, the AAA Science Journalism Prize,
International Archaeological Film Festival, the CINE Golden Eagle Special Jury
Award, and many more.
About PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public
media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms
including digital distribution of OTT branded channels, TVOD, SVOD and VOD, as
well as through theatrical licensing, DVD and Blu-ray sales, inflight
entertainment and international licensing.
PBS
Distribution offers consumers and educators over 4,000 programming hours of the
highest quality factual, scripted and children’s programming, including films from
producer Ken Burns, hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and educational
children’s series and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE,
AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent producers.
For over 20 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond
broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations
and producers.
NATIVE
AMERICA
Street
Date: November 6, 2018
Genre:
Documentary
Run
Time: Approximately 216 minutes on 2 discs
SRP:
DVD, $29.99
Format:
DVD and Digital
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