Press Notes
February 02, 2009
FRONTLINE BROADCAST FEATURING DANCE FOR PD
By: MMDG
FRONTLINE presents
My Father, My Brother, and Me
DAVE IVERSON’S PERSONAL STORY WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE
INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH MMDG DANCERS
DAVID LEVENTHAL AND JOHN HEGINBOTHAM DISCUSS DANCE FOR PD
Dance For PD segment can be seen within the first two minutes of Chapter 6: "Time Is Also An Ally...", online now.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009 - TV BROADCAST, 9 P.M. ET on PBS;
LIVE ONLINE CHAT w. DAVE IVERSON, 10 P.M. ET FOLLOWING BROADCAST
In 2004, FRONTLINE correspondent Dave Iverson received the same news that had been delivered to his father and older brother years earlier – he had Parkinson's disease.
My Father, My Brother, and Me, a FRONTLINE co-production with ITVS, will air February. 3, 2009, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Iverson sets off on a personal journey to understand this degenerative neurological disorder, the causes of which remain largely unknown and the cure for which has proved frustratingly elusive, that has taken a toll not only on his family, but on more than 1 million Americans.
Iverson speaks with fellow Parkinson’s sufferers Michael J. Fox and Michael Kinsley, and investigates the role genetics may play in the disease.
He also finds a new source of hope in what seemed to be an unexpected place –movement – and interviews Mark Morris Dance Group dancers David Leventhal and John Heginbotham regarding their work with MMDG’s Dance for PD partnership program with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group.
My Father, My Brother, and Me is a Kikim Media Production for WGBH/FRONTLINE and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The film is produced and directed by Dave Iverson and Michael Schwarz. The correspondent is Dave Iverson. FRONTLINE is produced by WGBH Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers with additional funding from the Park Foundation. Major funding for FRONTLINE and for this program is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding for My Father, My Brother, and Me is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. FRONTLINE is closed-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and described for people who are blind or visually impaired by the Media Access Group at WGBH. FRONTLINE is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation. The executive producer of ITVS is Sally Jo Fifer. The executive producer of FRONTLINE is David Fanning.
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