Exquisite "Kindergarten" Film From Living Earth Television To Air On Link TV

CHICAGO, September 16, 2010 — New foreign documentary "Kindergarten" will air on nationwide broadcast channel Link TV this month and early next month. The airing represents the first time the film will be broadcast in the U.S. and is the inaugural effort of international documentary distribution by Living Earth Television (LETV).

The film was directed by one of China�s most celebrated documentary directors, Zhang Yiqing. The English version was created in 2010 by Living Earth Television NFP at LETV.org.

Enter the world of tiny children as they experience their first week of boarding school — where their parents drop them off on Monday and return to pick them up for the weekend. The children�s story unfolds without narration, through exquisite cinematography that brings the camera to their eye level.

The film will air at 8 p.m. Pacific Time Sept. 19; 3 a.m. PT Sept. 22; 5 p.m. PT Oct. 2 and 9 a.m. PT Oct. 3. It can also be viewed online now at http://www.linktv.org/programs/kindergarten. The program will later be available from LETV for educational use and home video.

This film is airing as part of Doc-Debut, a series on Link TV highlighting unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.

Living Earth Television

Living Earth Television (LETV) is creating the world�s first global, noncommercial television broadcasting service. LETV finds nonfiction programs made by local television producers and independents all over the world, and translates them for broadcast to an international audience. Through LETV programs, viewers can learn about neighbors around the world. As we understand and celebrate similarities and differences, we can build a more peaceful, sustainable world — together. To learn more about LETV and to watch video samples, please visit LETV�s Web site at www.letv.org.

Funds for Living Earth Television go to preparing films with introductions to set the cultural context for viewers as well as help with translation and sub-title fees. Living Earth Television�s website at letv.org shows hits originating from around 75 countries. If you are interested in donating to LETV and want to take advantage of a 15- or 30-second broadcast sponsorship slot, please contact Martha Foster at (847) 217-7988.

Link TV

Formed in 1999, Link Media owns and operates the broadcast channel Link TV and www.linktv.org. Link is the first nationwide television channel and website dedicated to providing global perspectives on news, events and culture. Link�s programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media. We connect viewers with people at the heart of breaking events, organizations in the forefront of social change and the cultures of an increasingly global community.

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Living Earth Television Receives Chairman Grant From Famed Benton Foundation

CHICAGO, June 11, 2009 — Living Earth Television (LETV) has received a Chairman Grant from world-renowned media policy organization, the Benton Foundation. The funds will be used to address costs associated with bringing international, locally filmed documentaries to U.S. audiences.

LETV's first initiative, set to be released in the U.S. later this year, captures everyday moments in contemporary China. Enter a Buddhist temple where nuns are raising seven little girls that were abandoned as infants. Follow rural villagers as they work at a construction site hoping to find their fortunes. Watch young students at a boarding pre-school handle life without their mother, and in another piece examine an intimate portrait of a young couple deciding if they want to get married.

Charles Benton, president of the Benton Foundation, said what motivated the issuing of the grant was what LETV is doing in China - identifying locally produced documentaries that are not seeing the light of day in the international market. �It could give important insights into Chinese life, let alone finding commonality between local production there and here,� he said, calling LETV�s work a �real contribution.� He added that the effort makes concrete LETV Founder Martha Foster�s dream of linking peoples through the LETV project.

Benton also said that Foster is the right person for this cause, and that he hopes the grant will help LETV to attract further interest from funders. If the small but very significant grant could not only �help with current financial needs, but also provide some leverage for�raising additional funds from elsewhere,� then the foundation is doing its job, he said.

As LETV's first recognition from a major national foundation, the Chairman Grant from the Benton Foundation is a major milestone for LETV. "The foundation's vote of confidence is deeply gratifying to me personally, and should signal our work's significance and solidity to other funders," Foster said.

Funds for Living Earth Television, including the donation from the Benton Foundation, go to preparing films with introductions to set the cultural context for viewers as well as help with translation and sub-title fees. Living Earth Television�s website at letv.org shows hits originating from 75 countries in the first quarter of 2009. If you are interested in donating to LETV and want to take advantage of a 15- or 30-second broadcast sponsorship slot, please contact Martha Foster at (847) 217-7988 or .

Living Earth Television

Living Earth Television (LETV) is creating the world's first global, noncommercial television broadcasting service. LETV finds nonfiction programs made by local television producers and independents all over the world, and translates them for broadcast to an international audience. Through LETV programs, viewers can learn about neighbors around the world. As we understand and celebrate similarities and differences, we can build a more peaceful, sustainable world - together. To learn more about LETV and to watch video samples, please visit LETV's website at www.letv.org.

The Benton Foundation

The Benton Foundation works to ensure that media and telecommunications serve the public interest and enhance democracy. It pursues this mission by seeking policy solutions that support the values of access, diversity and equity, and by demonstrating the value of media and telecommunications for improving the quality of life for all. It is a private foundation, an institutional hybrid, bridging the worlds of philanthropy, public policy and community action.

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