Burbank, Calif. – Nov. 26, 2014 – Link TV, the national satellite television network and global content provider, will premiere new documentaries, exploring pressing domestic and international issues, such as global climate change, consumerism and the media, and obesity in the U.S.
The following documentaries will premiere on Link TV (DirecTV 375 and DISH Network 9410) beginning Thursday, Dec. 4. For additional information or to the watch film trailers visit www.linktv.org.
CLIMATE HEROES: STORIES OF CHANGE
Thursday, Dec. 4
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
Actor and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder (Vampire Diaries) narrates an inspiring new documentary that takes viewers on a trip around the world to see people taking action on climate change. The documentary weaves together nine inspiring stories, showing that action on climate change is creating jobs, improving lives and turning dreams of a better future into reality.
CONSUMERISM & THE LIMITS TO IMAGINATION
Saturday, Dec. 6
8 p.m. ET/PT
Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics, and our culture, even though a growing body of research suggests it may be well past its sell-by date. In this illustrated presentation based on his latest critically acclaimed book, media scholar Justin Lewis makes a compelling case that consumer capitalism can no longer deliver on its promise of enhancing quality of life, and argues that changing direction will require changing our media system and our cultural environment. After showing how consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable, Lewis explores how our cultural and information industries make it difficult to envision other forms of human progress by limiting critical thinking and keeping us locked in a cycle of consumption. And he argues that change will only be possible if we take culture seriously and transform the very way we organize our media and communications systems.
FEEDING FRENZY
Tuesday, Dec. 9
8 p.m. ET/PT
Over the past three decades, obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled for children and tripled for adolescents — and a startling 70% of adults are now obese or overweight. The result has been a widening epidemic of obesity-related health problems, including coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. While discussions about this spiraling health crisis have tended to focus on the need for more exercise and individual responsibility, FEEDING FRENZY trains its focus squarely on the responsibility of the processed food industry and the outmoded government policies it benefits from.
ABOUT LINK TV
Link TV is a viewer-supported 501(c)(3) organization, distributed nationally via satellite on DirecTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410 — reaching more than 34 million US households. Link TV is a service of KCETLink Media Group, the national, nonprofit independent digital and broadcast network. For complete background information, program schedule and Internet streaming, go to www.LinkTV.org. Follow on Twitter and on Facebook.