NEW YORK—The documentary film “Sight: The Story of Vision” will follow up its limited opening this week and through October with a full-scale national debut on public television stations around the nation this week, coinciding primarily with World Sight Day on Thursday, Oct. 13.
The documentary will air on PBS stations in 17 major markets Thursday, including New York City, Boston and Charlotte, after having debuted in several other markets around the country Monday through Wednesday (Oct. 10-12.)
The first public broadcast of the film came Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Tampa, Fla., market.
The one-hour film, which covers the science, technology and medical aspect of vision, previewed at Vision Expo West at an event supported by Carl Zeiss Vision and Luxottica.
In addition, Sight: Story of Vision Second Screen App is now available for download on the website. http://storyofsight.com/ This app, funded by Essilor, allows viewers to access additional content associated with the documentary. And the producers have released an eBook as a companion piece to the documentary. The Sight eBook was underwritten by a grant from CooperVision.
“Sight” was written and filmed by Kris Koenig of Koenig Films Inc. Funding for “Sight” was made possible by funding from Southern Oregon Public Television. Project underwriters included Adlens, Alcon Foundation, Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation, Carl Zeiss Vision International, CooperVision, Costa del Mar, Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, EnChroma, Essilor, Reade Fahs, Dr. David and Jacqueline Fleishman, Eric Fleishman, Dr. Robert and Marcia Fleishman, Dr. George and Rita Foster, Wayne Godlin, Charles Grode, Luxottica, NA, The New England College of Optometry, OneSight Foundation, Opticians Association of America, Opticians Association of Massachusetts, Dave Sattler, ThinOptics, The Vision Council, Vision Service Plan (VSP) and VOSH International.
To read more of VM’s previous coverage of the documentary, click here.
SIGHT: The Story of Vision broadcast schedule:
Check local listings and times here:
Monday October 10th
3 pm Southern Illinois (WISU)
9 pm San Francisco (KRCB)
10 pm San Francisco (KCSM)
Midnight Southern Illinois (WISU)
Tuesday October 11th
3 am San Francisco (KCSM)
2 pm New York City (WLIW)
10 pm Southern Illinois (WISU)
Wednesday October 12th
9 am Washington DC (WHUT)
8 pm Albuquerque/Santa Fe (KENW)
9 pm Memphis (WKNO)
10 pm New York City (Thirteen/WNET)
11 pm Portland (OPB)
Thursday October 13th
2 am New York City (WLIW)
2 am Memphis (WKNO)
7 am Albuquerque/Santa Fe (KENW)
2 pm Albuquerque/Santa Fe (KENW)
8 pm Boston (NHPTV)
8 pm Nebraska (NET)
8 pm New Hampshire (NHPTV)
8 pm New Mexico (KRWG)
9 pm Charlotte (UNCTV)
9 pm Greensboro (UNCTV)
9 pm Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville (UNCTV)
9 pm Indianapolis (WIPB)
9 pm Memphis (WKNO)
9 pm Norfolk (UNCTV)
9 pm Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill (UNCTV)
9 pm Rochester (WXXI)
9 pm Salt Lake City (KUEN)
9 pm Washington DC (WHUT)
9 pm Winston-Salem (UNCTV)
10 pm Harrisburg (WITF)
10 pm Marquette (WNMU)
10 pm New York City (WLIW)
10 pm Tampa (WUSF)
Friday October 14th
1 am Tampa (WUSF)
3 am New Mexico (KRWG)
4 am Tampa (WUSF)
10 am Tampa (WUSF)
1 pm Marquette (WNMU)
1 pm Tampa (WUSF)
4 pm Tampa (WUSF)
8 pm Columbus (WOSU)
9 pm Rochester (WXXI)
11 pm Phoenix/Tempe (KAET)
Saturday October 15th
11 pm Washington DC (WHUT)
Sunday October 16th
12 noon Nebraska (NET)
4 pm Chicago (WYCC)
6 pm Washington DC/Baltimore (MPT: Maryland Public Television)
6 pm Milwaukee (MPT: Milwaukee Public Television)
7 pm New Hampshire
10 pm San Francisco (KQED WORLD)
Monday October 17th
7 pm Chicago (WYCC)
10 pm Dallas (KERA)
Wednesday October 19th
Midnight Albuquerque/Santa Fe (KENW)
Thursday October 20th
10 pm Las Vegas (VegasPBS)
Saturday October 22nd
2 pm Washington DC (WHUT)
10 pm Las Vegas (VegasPBS “Rewind”)
Sunday October 23rd
9 pm Indianapolis (WFYI)
Monday October 24th
9:00 pm Rhode Island (PBS)
Wednesday October 26th
9:30 pm Los Angeles (KVCR)
Thursday October 27th
10 pm Rhode Island (PBS LEARN)
Sunday October 30th
6 pm Rhode Island (PBS LEARN)