Janson Media announced today that its award-winning feature documentary Libby, Montana, produced by High Plains Films, will have its North American television premiere on August 28, 2007, on the PBS series P.O.V. (Point-of-View).
Nestled below the rugged peaks of the Northern Rockies in Montana — as iconic a representation of America’s “purple mountain majesties” as one can find — lies the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in U.S. history. In the small town of Libby, hundreds of people are sick or have already died from asbestos exposure. Libby, Montana takes a long working day’s journey into a blue-collar community, and finds a different reality — one where the American Dream exacts a terrible price.
Libby, Montana chronicles:
– more than 200 deaths and hundreds of victims with asbestos-related lung abnormalities;
– one of the worst public health crises in U. S. history;
– events that led to a ten-count criminal indictment against top executives and managers of W. R. Grace and Company.
Libby, Montana (1 x 83′) was produced by Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr for High Plains Films, a non-profit documentary media production and distribution company based in Missoula, Montana. The film is available for worldwide television markets exclusively through Janson Media. Earlier this year the company placed the program on Factoria de Canales in Spain. The PBS Series P.O.V. (Point of View) is the nation’s longest-running television showcase for independent documentary storytelling. P.O.V. celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a new slate on PBS on consecutive Tuesdays at 10 p.m., June through October with prime-time specials throughout the year.