Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Community Cinema

OneNation Media Services Announces Free ITVS Community Cinema Events Coming to San Bernardino

Presenting PBS Films

Local Collaboration Brings Students, Faculty and Community Together  

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.   – (Jan. 23, 2012) – OneNation Media Services, Inc., a local nonprofit organization, in collaboration with San Bernardino Valley College, will launch Community Cinema, a series of free monthly film screenings from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series, Independent Lens, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.

The Independent Television Service (ITVS) is publically funded and brings independently produced, high-quality public broadcast and new media programs to local, national and international audiences.

OneNation Media Services and San Bernardino Valley College, in association with KVCR’s partner station, PBS SoCal, are among just over 100 groups nationwide selected to bring the groundbreaking film series to the public as an education and civic engagement initiative.

All of the Tuesday evening presentations will be held at 6:00 p.m. in the Library Viewing Room on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College located at 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue. A moderated discussion will follow each screening.

The goal of Community Cinema is to bring together leading organizations, community members, and public television stations for learning and discussion, and to promote involvement in today’s critical social issues.

The 2012 schedule begins with DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK screening on January 24. It tells the story of Daisy Bates, a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.  It will be a great kick-off to Black History month.  The program will be moderated by faculty from San Bernardino Valley College.