DOC Adds Four to Primetime Premieres Lineup

NASHVILLE: Four international documentaries are to make their U.S. TV premieres on The Documentary Channel (DOC) in its Monday night Primetime Premieres lineup this September.

DOC will present the U.S. TV premiere of The Water Project: Bahrain on September 7 at 9 p.m., followed on consecutive Mondays at the same time by The Water Project: Colombia, The Water Project: India and The Water Project: South Africa. The Water Project’s four films were made possible by 1H2O, an organization formed by the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) to create collaborative opportunities internationally for the creation of media aimed at generating worldwide awareness about the challenges facing the planet with regard to the provisioning of safe potable water.

"I think it’s important for Americans to be more aware of the current world water crisis," said Kate Pearson, The Documentary Channel’s senior VP of programming. “Each of the four Water Project films we’re showing in September take viewers to a different community they would otherwise never know about. Getting the audience involved and engaged in issues like this is one of our network’s primary goals.”