"Light of Reverence"

The Television Race Initiative is thrilled to let you know about the upcoming PBS broadcast of In the Light of Reverence. This award-winning documentary premieres on the acclaimed PBS series of independent films, P.O.V., on August 14, 2001 at 10:00PM (check your local listings). We have found it exceptionally valuable as a trigger for dialogue around issues of race, identity, culture and reconciliation.

Synopsis

Narrated by Peter Coyote and Tantoo Cardinal, In the Light of Reverence is a 72-minute documentary on Native American struggles to protect landscapes of spiritual significance. The film tells the stories of three communities and places they care for: the Lakota at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the Hopi in the Four Corners area of the Southwest, and the Wintu at Mt. Shasta in California. The film documents obstacles to religious freedom for land-based practitioners, and impacts on sacred sites that range from mining and ski resorts to New Age practices and rock-climbing.

Free Discussion Guide Offer

TRI will offer a discussion guide to accompany the broadcast. Available the second week of July, it will include questions, quotes and action steps to help any community leader, teacher or facilitator lead a dialogue around the issues raised in In the Light of Reverence. Additionally, it will contain questions specifically designed for use in faith-based community settings. To obtain a copy, please e-mail triadmin@pov.org or call (415) 553-2109, or log on to http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative to download the pdf file.

Want to do more than just tune in?

	Forward this alert to friends and colleagues
	Urge your place of worship to announce the broadcast from the pulpit, and follow the broadcast with a dialogue.
	Organize a group of friends on the night of the broadcast (check local listings) using the guide to facilitate a post-broadcast conversation.
	Encourage a local talk radio host to promote the broadcast on the air, and invite listeners to call in afterwards with their comments.
	Log on to www.pov.org or www.sacredland.org for more information aboutIn the Light of Reverence and related activities.
	Order a cassette of In the Light of Reverence for subsequent use in faith-based or community settings by calling 1-800-543-3764 or by visiting www.bullfrogfilms.com.

More about the Television Race Initiative

The Television Race Initiative (TRI) is a multi-year effort in which diverse, high-profile television broadcasts create a framework for sustained community dialogue and problem solving around the issue of race relations. In partnership with national and community-based organizations and public television stations, TRI uses storytelling - initially in the form of several public television broadcasts -- to 'break the ice' and encourage conversations that lead to constructive action.

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