"Sierra Club Chronicles," a monthly series produced by Greenwald’s Brave New Films in association with Sierra Club Productions, and hosted by Daryl Hannah, captures seven David vs. Goliath stories: the dramatic efforts of committed individuals across the country working to protect the health of their environment and communities.

The first of seven Chronicles episodes is "9/11 Forgotten Heroes."
Emergency medical crews, firefighters and construction workers answered the call to Ground Zero -- assured that the air was safe. But while our heroes came to the nation’s rescue, the government left them at risk. Years later, they not only suffer from health problems due to the contamination at Ground Zero, they suffer the indignity of having to fight the government for health benefits. "9/11 Forgotten Heroes" follows four of these first responders as they travel from NYC to DC seeking justice, in the form of the Walsh Amendment, which would restore $125 million dollars in aid.

The second episode, "The Day the Water Died," will visit the still economically and emotionally afflicted fishing town of Cordova, Alaska 16 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, where the citizens are fighting to hold Exxon to their word in a year of record profits. This episode is timed to coincide with actions around the Exxpose Exxon campaign. Summaries of all seven episodes are available at www.sierraclubtv.org.

"All over America, there are inspirational, real life stories of women and men defending their homes, health and families from environmental hazards and threats," explained Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club.

"Sierra Club Chronicles" is part of a growing trend of progressive organizations creating their own media venues and harnessing new technology for grassroots outreach and organizing. The series will air together with the ACLU's original half-hour program, "Freedom Files." Beyond the initial television broadcast, DVDs and videos of "Sierra Club Chronicles" will be available for consumers, educators, and other organizations. In addition, the episodes will be available for viewing online or downloading as video podcasts at www.sierraclubtv.org and Google video. Added Pope, "We are betting that the same people who are using the newest tools to access multimedia are the same people who are hungry for the inspiring stories not found on the major networks. Now it's easy for them to go out and find the content that speaks to them and watch it on their laptop or i-Pod."

Sierra Club volunteers and allies will also be hosting house parties to view the episodes and encourage viewers to take action on the issues. The Sierra Club had tremendous success with home-based screenings of its film Oil on Ice when volunteers organized over 1,800 house parties to show the documentary about drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. Recently, Greenwald’s film "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" also experienced tremendous success as an organizing and outreach tool, with grassroots house parties across the country.

"It's exciting to have Brave New Films, the Sierra Club and the ACLU all working together to get progressive voices on the airwaves," said Robert Greenwald, Executive Producer. "This is about telling human stories behind the headline, behind the study, behind the policy paper--and then helping people take action to create change."

One new episode will premiere the second Thursday of each month at 8:30 PM Eastern and Pacific through July 2006. Link TV is on DirecTV channel 375 and Dish Network channel 9410. Emmy Award winner Molly O'Brien co-executive produces and Richard Ray Pérez serves as director and supervising producer.
Kim Haddow and Adrienne Bramhall oversee the production for Sierra Club.

"Sierra Club Chronicles" is made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation.

About Sierra Club Productions
Emmy Award-winning Sierra Club Productions is a division of the Sierra Club, which is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in America, with more than 750,000 members nationwide. Sierra Club Productions develops and produces dramatic and non-fiction programming for television and film that reflects the Sierra Club belief that every person is connected to, inspired by and responsible for the natural world.
(www.sierraclub.org/scp)

About Brave New Films
Brave New Films is the new media company from Robert Greenwald, the award-winning producer of over 60 films, and the director of the 2 recent documentaries, "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." A pioneer in 21st century activism, Greenwald's films provide the centerpiece for guerilla campaigns designed to break through noisy news cycles.

By utilizing the latest technologies, collaborating with numerous activist groups, and building a growing network of dedicated volunteer field producers, Brave New Films is producing and distributing entertaining and engaging films, television, radio, music, books and blogs outside the corporate system, building essential media infrastructure for long-term social progress. (www.bravenewfilms.org)

About Link TV
Link TV is a non-commercial, independent television network available in more than 26 million U.S. homes on DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410. The 24-hour programming is a mix of documentaries, international news, foreign films and the best of World Music. The network recently received the first satellite-only Peabody Award for MOSAIC: World News from the Middle East, a daily news show featuring English translations of national television reports from more than 24 countries in the Middle East. Select Link TV programs are streamed on the Internet at www.linktv.org. Link TV is operated by Link Media, Inc., a California non-profit organization, with production studios in San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC.