NETA Feed:
Sunday, July
13, 2008 @ 1930-2000 EDT/513
*Feed-For-Record*
Format: SD Base—4 x
3
Rights --
Broadcast:
UNLIMITED over 3 years (UNL/3YRS) – starting 7/13/08
VOD: One Year
Program DVD’s are Being
Mailed to Programmers
Dear colleague:
Crossing Lines
is a 30-minute documentary about an Indian American woman’s struggle to stay
connected to India
after the loss of her father. It provides viewers with glimpses into
Indira Somani’s life, first growing up in the Midwest
and later on the East Coast. It also takes the audience on her journey to
India,
where Indira visits her father’s extended family for the first time after his
death. We hope you’ll take
the NETA feed on
July 13th.
Capturing the universal immigrant
story of balancing assimilation while maintaining cultural identity with the support of home
movies, photos and thoughtful commentary, Crossing
Lines reveals journalist Indira Somani’s excitement, fears,
struggles and hopes as she encounters new people and new places steeped in their traditional pasts and (sometimes) emerging futures. Like
most second generation ethnic Americans, Indira has struggled with identity
issues and has led “two lives”: both an American life socially and an
Indian life at home,
because of her father’s immense love for India and Indian culture. Crossing Lines explores Indira’s attempt to stay
connected to Indian culture and her extended family after the loss of her
father. It is the story of how one daughter pays tribute to her father in
all that he has taught her about India, Indian culture and family.
Crossing Linesis produced
by Leena Jayaswal and Indira Somani. It is distributed by NETA.
Program underwriters are American University, University of Maryland,
and Richard Eaton
Foundation. Local underwriting is permitted.
Please contact me if you have
questions. A fact sheet follows.
Very truly yours,
Regina
Eisenberg
R Eisenberg
Presents, Inc. 2340
Powell Street, Suite 333, Emeryville, CA 94608
regina@reisenbergpresents.com ▪ 510.550.1706
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Series Title: Crossing
Lines Program Summary:
Crossing Lines
is a 30-minute documentary about an Indian American woman’s struggle to stay
connected to India
after the loss of her father. It provides viewers with glimpses into
Indira Somani’s life, first growing up in the Midwest
and later on the East Coast. It also takes the audience along on her
journey to India,
where Indira visits her father’s extended family for the first time after his
death.
Episodes/Length:
1/30
NOLA Code:
CRLN 000
K1
Feed:
Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ 1930-2000 EDT/513 *Feed-For-Record* (Documentary
will be fed again in 2009 in time for March (Women’s Heritage Month) and May
(Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month)
Rights:
Broadcast:UNLIMITED use over three years (UNL/3YRS)
beginning 7/13/08
VOD: 1 Year
School Record: 1 Year
Non-Commercial
Cable: Granted
Format:
SD Base—4 x
3
Audio/Visual:
SAP:
DVI
Suggested Scheduling:
Immigration
Cultural
identity
India
Suggested TV
Rating:
TV-G
Flags:
None
Producers:
Leena Jayaswal, Assistant Professor
Film and Media Arts Division
School
of Communication, American
University
Indira Somani, Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism
Washington
and Lee University
Distributor:
NETA
Underwriters:
American
University
University of Maryland
Richard Eaton
Foundation
Local
Underwriting:
Local underwriting is
permitted.
Crossing Lines
R Eisenberg
Presents, Inc.
