AMAZIGH NEWS
Indigenous North African Television
Producer/Anchor: Helene Hagan
Assistant Producers-Anchors: Mokrane Boualame, Karim Boughida, Umalu
PRESS RELEASE
June 24, 2001
A new Television
series is about to be launched from the Public Access Studios of Adelphia Communications
in Eagle Rock , Los Angeles, California, under the name
of AMAZIGH WEEKLY NEWS. This news broadcast will report on events and issues
which affect Imazighen, the indigenous people of North Africa also known as
Berbers.
The television production
will broadcast news from Algeria, Morocco, and other regions where Imazighen
represent a certain percentage of the population. In addition, the program will
present regular updates on Amazigh Human Rights issues, cultural events in the
United States, and occasional editorials. The producers and announcers are:
The program has
a number of correspondents in the US and abroad, and will relay information
from direct Algerian and Moroccan sources, from Niger and the Canary Islands.
We encourage all Imazighen to submit video coverage from these countries.
Our distribution plan will
include the airing of the program through Public Access television, secured
by individuals in ten US cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco and Berkeley, New
York, Washington D. C., Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and San Diego. We are
looking for someone in Atlanta.
Production is scheduled to
start on July 20, and first airing in early September . We welcome all submissions,
questions, and further enquiries.
Helene Hagan, Executive Producer
Presented By:
THE TAZZLA INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
313 South Lamer Street, Burbank,
CA 91506 - heh@tazzla.org