{"id":9286,"date":"2016-10-20T06:27:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-steve-james-unscripted-series\/"},"modified":"2016-10-20T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:50:39","slug":"production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on Steve James Unscripted Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES\/LOS ANGELES: Participant Media has started production on its first unscripted series, <em>America to Me<\/em>, created by filmmaker Steve James and Kartemquin Films.<\/p>\n<p><em>America to Me<\/em> follows a year in suburban Chicago\u2019s Oak Park and River Forest High School, one of the country\u2019s most exemplary and diverse public schools. The project looks on as students, teachers and administrators struggle with decades-long racial and educational inequities, as well as the challenges that today\u2019s teenagers face.<\/p>\n<p>James serves as series director and executive producer under his Kartemquin Films banner. Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg and Justine Nagan, as well as Participant\u2019s Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann, are also executive producers. Participant Media holds worldwide rights to the series.<\/p>\n<p>David Linde, CEO of Participant, said, \u201c<em>America to Me<\/em> further demonstrates and perfectly represents our commitment to producing socially relevant entertainment. Expanding into the unscripted realm with this vibrant and compelling series with a filmmaker of Steve\u2019s caliber and creative vision is incredibly exciting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving collaborated with Steve many years ago, and continuing to follow his career, I have tremendous respect and admiration for him and his ability to tell powerful stories,\u201d commented Diane Weyermann, Participant\u2019s executive VP of documentary films. \u201cIt is inspiring to partner with him once again on this timely series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James remarked: \u201cI am thrilled to be working with Diane and her team at Participant. They\u2019ve made it possible for us to do a series I\u2019ve wanted to do for over ten years. I truly believe the story of Oak Park and River Forest High School can be, in many ways, the story of race and education for young people in America today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES\/LOS ANGELES: Participant Media has started production on its first unscripted series, America to Me, created by filmmaker Steve James and Kartemquin Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1624,230],"class_list":["post-9286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-america-to-me","tag-participant-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Production Begins on Steve James Unscripted Series - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Production Begins on Steve James Unscripted Series - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CANNES\/LOS ANGELES: Participant Media has started production on its first unscripted series, America to Me, created by filmmaker Steve James and Kartemquin Films.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-20T10:27:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-20T14:50:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/\",\"name\":\"Production Begins on Steve James Unscripted Series - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-20T10:27:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-20T14:50:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/production-begins-on-steve-james-unscripted-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Production Begins on Steve James Unscripted Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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