Media Policy Center

09/16/2024

Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn has gone on trial on charges of fraud and market manipulation.

12/08/2021

"Nontraditional Green House/small NHs [nursing homes] have better outcomes than traditional NHs in numerous areas; evidence now demonstrates they have lower rates of and COVID-19 mortality than other NHs as well. As such, they are an especially promising model as NHs are reinvented post-COVID."
Our documentary film "The Green House Project" will be released for streaming on Alexander Street, Part of Clarivate ( ProQuest, Part of Clarivate ) and Infobase next year.

If COVID-19 taught us anything, it's that it's time to rethink (and redesign) America's long-term care facilities

10/12/2021

“Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections” is out now. It has few pictures; it is all text, basically unedited. The way it was originally written, or spoken, when we began this "written reunion” some 21 years ago. What an odyssey. Some have passed on, alas. I hope you can access a copy, share it, let your friends know it is out, enjoy it, talk about it. This is an opportunity to “humanize” the making of one of the most extraordinary films known to humankind. Talk about it

09/27/2021

Please join us for the Premiere of our short film "Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change" at the Other Venice Film Festival at the Beyond Baroque in Venice Beach, CA on Saturday, October 2nd at 2pm as part of the "Short Documentary Block #2"

The 18th Annual Other Venice Film Festival (OVFF) proudly returns, better than ever, for its 18th season this October 1st to 3rd The OVFF is a nonprofit community event dedicated to screening full- length, short and animated films that embody the spirit, energy and diversity of Venice, California. F...

09/02/2021

"Over the past 25 years, pharmaceutical companies deceptively promoted opioid use in ways that were often neither safe nor effective, contributing to unprecedented increases in prescribing, opioid use disorder, and deaths by overdose. This article explores regulatory mistakes made by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in approving and labeling new analgesics. By understanding and correcting these mistakes, future public health crises caused by improper pharmaceutical marketing might be prevented." - Andrew Kolodny, MD

Pharma has long marketed opioids in ways that contribute to opioid use disorder and deaths by overdose. Regulatory mistakes in approving and labeling new analgesics by the FDA didn’t make us safer.

09/02/2021

Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, was dissolved on Wednesday in a wide-ranging bankruptcy settlement that will require the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, to turn over billions of dollars of their fortune to address the deadly opioid epidemic.

But the agreement includes a much-disputed condition: It largely absolves the Sacklers of Purdue’s opioid-related liability. And as such, they will remain among the richest families in the country.

The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it.

08/04/2021

Proud to have our new documentary short film "Meeting The Challenge of Climate Change" win an Award of Merit at the Impact DOCS Awards !!

Hats off to the Award of Merit winners! A dedicated and passionate group of filmmakers who showcased important issues of our times. They tackled critical subjects such as racial injustice, climate change, global health and so much more. See them here: https://impactdocsawards.com/awards-of-merit-july-2021/

07/20/2021

Our film "Johnny Cash & Me" will be playing 7/24 (Sat) at 8:30pm and 7/29 (Thur) at 7pm on Peralta Community College District TV!

Peralta TV can be seen on:
Channel 27: Alameda, Berkeley
Channel 28: Emeryville, Piedmont, Oakland
AT&T U-Verse Channel 99

Thank you for your support! and enjoy!

July programming highlights on Peralta TV

07/15/2021

More People Than Ever Died Of Drug Overdoses In The US In 2020

More than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2020. “We are in an enduring crisis that is still going on. We are still right in the middle of it,” said Chelsea Shover, an epidemiologist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA “These are all preventable deaths. This is really a tragedy.”

As Covid raged, so did the other epidemic in the U.S.: In 2020, the country experienced the largest recorded single-year increase in overdose deaths.

07/13/2021

L-R: James, Marcus, Dale Bell, Dick Pearce, and Tony from the 16x9 Inc Team in Valencia, CA, on Friday, July 9, when Dale purchased his second Easyrig, replacing his much earlier, now--museum-piece Turtle X, purchased in 2008, repaired by Tony Garcia at 16x9 Inc. We at are looking forward with our new Sony Electronics FX 6, SERVO ZOOM 28-135MM, with Rokinon 14MM, 24 MM SONY, and 50MM SONY primes.

07/13/2021

We are excited to share that our short film "Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change" will be a part of the Impact DOCS Awards

Welcome Posted on May 8, 2015By Globa347_wp Kiss the Ground – Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell (USA), Kiss the Ground, Doc Feature – Narrated by Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Woody Harrelson – Kiss the Ground is positioned to catalyze a movement to accomplish t...

06/29/2021

Turner Publishing has launched a new, improved, direct to consumer website to sell the books they publish. Please visit the link below to purchase your copy of our book Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic

The Opioid Epidemic is the worst man-made epidemic in the history of our nation. More people die each year from an opioid overdose than in automobile accidents. The statistics are staggering. Do No Harm spotlights experts, journalists, and public health crusaders who are combating the special intere...

05/19/2021

"Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie That Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation" was chosen # 55 on Book Authority's "86 Best Documentary Film Books of All Time"!

Featuring a foreword from legendary director Martin Scorsese, Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections combines stories, anecdotes, and perspectives from dozens of musicians and filmmakers about the making of the Academy Award-winning documentary Woodstock. Assembled by associate producer Dale Bell (our Co-CEO), the oral history takes listeners behind the scenes-and behind the camera-at the decade-defining event.

The 86 best documentary film books recommended by Mari Copeny, Karl Sharro, Rick O'shea, Marshall Kirkpatrick and Amit Paranjape.

02/05/2021

McKinsey & Company, one of the world's largest consulting firms, will pay nearly $600 million in multiple settlements over its work consulting for drug companies that states say "supercharged" the nation's

McKinsey & Company, one of the world's largest consulting firms, will pay nearly $600 million in multiple settlements over its work consulting for drug companies that states say fueled the nation's opioid crisis.

12/14/2020

A review of our book Do No Harm : The Opioid Epidemic just came out by Midwest Book Reviews! "'Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic' highlights the stories of those hit hardest by prescription opioid addiction and overdose death, and sheds light on how whole communities have been ravaged by the spread of addiction. Despite regional health experts, local government, law enforcement, journalists, and the DEA's efforts to combat the epidemic, people continue to die at an alarming rate from prescription drug overdoses."

James A. Cox Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review 278 Orchard Drive Oregon, WI 53575-1129 phone: 1-608-835-7937 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] http://www.midwestbookreview.com

11/12/2020

"These facilities, part of a national movement to create less-institutionalized long-term care, stand out in a pandemic that has killed more than 61,000 nursing home residents since March. At “Green House” homes, the best-known nontraditional model, residents are one-fifth as likely to get the coronavirus as those who live in typical nursing homes — and one-twentieth as likely to die of the disease it causes."

Watch our Documentary "Homes on the Range" about a Green House home in Sheridan, Wyoming: https://mediapolicycenter.myshopify.com/collections/homes-on-the-range

Smaller, more-homelike care facilities in the “Green House” model have often been dismissed as impractical.

11/06/2020

"The distributors shipped more than three-quarters of the nation’s opioids to pharmacies, rarely raising red flags even when quantities were wildly disproportionate to a store’s local population, according to federal data. Over 10 years, for example, the companies shipped nearly 21 million prescription painkillers to two pharmacies four blocks apart in a West Virginia town with a population of 2,900."
"The settlement money would mostly be used for measures to abate the opioid crisis, including treatment programs, and to reimburse local and state governments for expenses related to the ."

Three distributors and a drug manufacturer have proposed a deal that a majority of states and negotiators for small governments finally seem to like.

11/01/2020

Thank you for the kind words CariClub !!

“Public television has a particular capability of being a community-based, community-owned, educational institution.” This was the vision…