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Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco:
Accolades for Neighborhood Series |
The series has generated critical acclaim and distinguished awards and has been greeted by appreciative local and national audiences.
"This project puts us right at the heart of where we should be, in our own neighborhoods."
-- Mary Bitterman, KQED President and CEO
"Collectively, the Bay Area's best realized local programming initiative in years."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
The Fillmore premiered in 1999 and airs nationally on PBS on June 11, 2001.
It was jazz central...it was Japantown...it was rock and roll heaven...and then urban renewal came to save it.
"Searing portrait of a neighborhood, first transformed by the machinations of war and ultimately destroyed by the very plan intended to save it."
-- San Francisco Examiner
"The film's greatest value is in its analysis of the delicacy of neighborhood."
-- San Francisco Bay Guardian
"A handsome, informative and wistful documentary."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
2000 Northern California EMMY: Documentary Program
Gold Plaque, 2001 Chicago International Film Festival's TV Fest International Television Competition
The Castro premiered in 1997 and aired nationally on PBS in 1998.
A neighborhood, a battleground, a mecca -- how a quiet corner of San Francisco became the cornerstone of the Gay and Lesbian movement in America.
"First rate."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
1997 George Foster Peabody Award
1998 Northern California EMMY Cultural Affairs Program
1998 Northern California EMMY: Writing Program
1998 Public Television Outreach Alliance: Best Local Outreach
1998 National Educational Media Network: Silver Apple
CINE Golden Eagle
1999 GLAAD Media Award Nomination: Best Documentary
Chinatown premiered in 1996 and aired nationally on PBS 1997.
The story of the Chinese in America is told in these 12 square blocks of San Francisco, where, against tremendous odds over 150 years, a neighborhood has emerged both as a tourist destination and a thriving community.
"A documentary that may change the way most of us think of Chinatowns everywhere."
-- Asian Week
"KQED's fine new historical documentary is marked by stylistic grace notes."
-- San Francisco Examiner
CINE Golden Eagle
1997 Northern California EMMY: Cultural Affairs, Special or Single Program From a Series
1997 Northern California EMMY Nomination: Camera -- Program
1997 National Educational Media Network: Silver Apple
The Mission premiered on KQED in 1994.
Generations of newcomers have made the Mission their home, from the earliest Native-American villagers to today. Their stories are a rich mosaic of culture and community.
"A very well-written and balanced profile that doesn't gloss over the raw roots of San Francisco's evolution."
-- San Francisco Bay Guardian
"A fascinating trip well worth watching."
-- The Oakland Tribune
1995 National Educational Film & Video Festival: Bronze Apple (Social Studies)
1995 Northern California EMMY Nomination: Outstanding Cultural Special
1995 Northern California EMMY Nomination: Outstanding Music Composition
1995 Northern California EMMY Nomination: Outstanding Sound
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