Focal Point -- Public TV goes online at WNET.ORG

WIDE ANGLE, PUBLIC TELEVISION’S EMMY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY SERIES FROM WNET.ORG, PRESENTS

FOCAL POINT, A NEW ONLINE-EXCLUSIVE SERIES OF DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COVERING INTERNATIONAL STORIES FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE


On Wednesday, December 17, public media provider WNET.ORG launches a new online exclusive series of documentary shorts as part of the PBS award-winning world affairs series, Wide Angle http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/video/web-exclusives/introduction-from-jihad-to-rehab/3834/. In its first weeks, FOCAL POINT will bring viewers to polling stations in Pakistan, breadlines in Zimbabwe, and demonstrations in Greece, where the children of immigrants are fighting for the right to citizenship.

Like Wide Angle, FOCAL POINT offers a deeper understanding of forces shaping the world today through online-exclusive documentary shorts, an increasingly popular medium. This exciting new series will showcase the work of emerging and established independent filmmakers from around the world. Each episode is accompanied by multimedia components including audio interviews, filmmaker notes, and user-generated content.

The first episode of FOCAL POINT, From Jihad to Rehab, takes us inside a rehabilitation center in Saudi Arabia, where art therapy and religious re-education are being used to reform militant jihadists.
FOCAL POINT is produced by Wide Angle Senior Producer Nina Chaudry and Web Producer Lauren Feeney. From Jihad to Rehab is directed by Canadian journalist Nancy Durham.
For more information: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/about-focal-point/3807/

Press inquiries:
Nina Chaudry
212.560.8077
chaudryn@thirteen.org

Lauren Feeney
212.560.2853
FeeneyL@thirteen.org