People's Television

12/03/2025

PTV 2025 Wrapped is here 🎬✨

34 shoots. 27 set locations. 1,766 minutes of content created.

We’re grateful to every client and partner for another year filled with character-driven storytelling!

12/02/2025

Our crew headed to Santa Rosa, California, to spotlight the Critical Ecology Lab and the vision behind their work in the redwood forests and along the Bay Area coastline. Here, the landscape is a living classroom 🌲🌊

This immersive program for adults blends hands-on scientific methods with place-based knowledge, history, and community.

In this video, founder and executive director Suzanne Pierre shares her mission to make science more accessible, inclusive, and rooted in real-world connection🌿

Full video at the link: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/12/watch-exploring-ecology-community-and-connection-in-the-bay-area/

Credits:
🎥 Director - Aurora Brachman
🎬 Producer - Adam Simon
📹 DP- Leo Maco
📸 AC- Roshan Das
💡 Gaffer - Paul Overstrom
🛠️ Grip - Marcus Champion
🎧 Sound - Angie Lara

For Simons Foundation

12/01/2025

🎙️ Particles of Thought was featured on NPR's All Things Considered! Hakeem Oluseyi sat down with Host Sacha Pfeiffer to talk about the big questions that drive the show we produced for NOVA l PBS and GBH

Together they explored what makes certain questions worth asking, how the show welcomes listeners of all backgrounds, and why a little curiosity can go a long way.

▶️ Listen to the interview at the link below now!

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/23/nx-s1-5567790/why-do-we-get-goosebumps-a-podcast-tries-to-answer-sciences-surprising-questions

11/25/2025

🌡️ We are honored to share this piece created for Equal Justice Works, spotlighting 2022 Fellow Adrieanna Hutson and her work supporting Arkansas communities hit hardest by rising heat and natural disasters.

Credits:
🎬 Director/Producer & Editor - Nora Rappaport
🎥 EP/Director of Photography - Ryder Haske
📹 Camera Operator - Camille Toussaint
💡 Gaffer - Kaleb Davis
🛠️ Grip - Mike Ferrara

11/21/2025

11/20/2025

🎥 PTV Director spotlight: Loren Waters

Here’s a look at her award-winning short documentary "Tiger". Currently in consideration for the Academy Awards, the film is a glimpse into the heart, vision, and storytelling she brings to every project.

We’re thrilled to collaborate with her and can’t wait to see her creative perspective come to life through our clients’ stories.

11/18/2025

We’re thrilled to introduce our new director, Loren Waters!

Loren (Cherokee/Kiowa) is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened at Sundance, SXSW, and Hot Docs. Her storytelling bridges communities and cultures, rooted in Indigenous experience and collaboration.

A Forbes 30 Under 30 and Filmmaker Magazine “25 New Faces” honoree, Loren brings a powerful vision to every project she touches. Welcome to the PTV team!

11/14/2025

🎬 Join us at DOC NYC on Tuesday, November 18!

Our own Nicholas Bruckman joins top entertainment attorneys from Reavis Page Jump at an open forum built around your questions, giving you direct access to those with expertise who know the documentary landscape inside and out.

📍 Village East by Angelika | Panel @ 11:30am

More info here: https://www.docnyc.net/event/directing-producing-leading-the-vision-nov-18/

11/13/2025

Join UW Madison Agroecology Program, Family Farm Defenders and leaders for a conversation on the Future of Dairy Farming with a screening of THE PRICE OF MILK, followed by a reception with local light bites and beverages 🥛

We will be examining the farmer funded dairy check-off, USDA and dairy industry politics, and the power of the Got Milk? ad campaign.

Following the screening, a panel reflecting on the film and dynamics in the agriculture and food sector in today’s changing landscape and current opportunities and challenges for farmers in America’s Dairyland 🐄 🇺🇸

RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/1smggEA0Aeg0tbZLZXCm

To host your own community or university screening, visit: priceofmilk.com

11/06/2025

Our next clue to life beyond Earth might be in our own ocean 🌊🪐

Marine biologist Peter Girguis joins Hakeem Oluseyi to explore how deep-sea microbes shape our world and how they could help us discover life on other worlds.

🎧 Watch the latest episode from the digital series we produced with NOVA l PBS and GBH. Link below!

https://youtu.be/Kk3TCAgIowk?si=ErHQYeJqj8j5r3mE

11/05/2025

More Voices, Less Gatekeepers 📣 🗞️

How do we find truth in the noise? Emmy-winning journalist Frank Sesno shares what decades in news have taught him about storytelling, credibility, and asking better questions.

🎧 Check out our latest podcast episode with Ryder Haske and Frank Sesno - link in bio!

11/03/2025

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