Sundance Channel Picks Up New Docs for The Green

NEW YORK, December 13: Sundance Channel has acquired 11
documentaries for premiere in the second season of The Green, the network’s weekly
prime-time block of environmentally-themed programming.

The films will begin to air on April 1, 2008, when The Green kicks off its second
season. Each Tuesday-night block will lead with new episodes of the
award-winning original series Big Ideas for a Small Planet.

Titles recently acquired include All in This Tea, directed by Les Blank
and Gina Leibrecht, which explores the world of Chinese tea and the Californian
importers who are introducing it to Americans; Burning the Future: Coal in
America, directed by David Novack, which journeys to the Appalachian
Mountains of southern West Virginia to look at the political, environmental and
economic issues surrounding coal in the region; and Contested Streets:
Breaking New York City Gridlock, directed by Stefan Schaefer, which traces the
dangers and developments, perspectives and personalities that have shaped
Manhattan street traffic to this day, using stories from historians, urban
planners and archival footage.

Other titles include: Crude Impact by James Jandak Wood;
Garbage Warrior by Oliver Hodge; The Great Warming by Michael Taylor; The
Greening of Southie by Ian Cheney; Escape from Suburbia by Gregory Greene; Off
the Grid: Life on the Mesa by Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg; Strait Through
the Ice
by Yves Billy; and Weather Report directed by Brenda Longfellow. Previously
announced, The Unforeseen by Laura Dunn and Manufactured Landscapes will also make their
television debuts during this month.

The deals were negotiated for Sundance Channel by the senior VP of
acquisitions, program planning and scheduling, Christian Vesper, and the
director of acquisitions and programming, Ian Bricke.

"The collective power of this group of films is
undeniable," says Laura Michalchyshyn, the executive VP and general manager
of programming and creative affairs. "Despite the variety of subjects,
characters, and styles, these films all share an urgency to share a story and a
message with audiences, Sundance Channel is proud to feature them as part of
The Green."

—By Kristin Brzoznowski