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EDWARD NORTON NARRATES “THE APPLE PUSHERS”

SUNDAY, MAY 6 AT 5 P.M. ON WORLD TV®

Episode Follows Inspiring Stories of Street Cart Vendors

Narrated by Academy Award® nominee Edward Norton, “The Apple Pushers” is a new documentary film airing Sunday, May 6 at 5 p.m. on World TV (Channel 50.4) a digital subchannel of PBS SoCaL. The documentary tells the inspiring stories of street cart vendors, first-generation entrepreneurs who sell fruits and vegetables in New York City.

The film captures the triumphs and hardships of five immigrants who hail from Ecuador, Russia, Mexico, and Bangladesh who, under the innovative NYC Green Cart Initiative, sell fresh produce in the food desert neighborhoods of NY where finding a ripe apple is a challenge. Through the lens of their powerful and deeply personal stories, “The Apple Pushers” examines issues such as access to fresh food, the obesity crisis, immigration, entrepreneurship, and what it takes to achieve the American dream.

About World TV

World TV, Channel 50.4, is a digital subchannel of PBS SoCaL and is one of the premiere public television outlets for non-fiction, science, news, current affairs and documentaries. PBS SoCaL, formally KOCE-TV, is Southern California’s PBS station dedicated to interactively educating, entertaining, and enlightening the greater Los Angeles area. With its three unique broadcast channels. PBS SoCaL HD, the OC Channel, and WORLD TV, PBS SoCaL provides award-winning programs like Frontline, NewsHour, NOVA, Nature, and Masterpiece, as well as local productions Real Orange, SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff, and Bookmark With Maria Hall-Brown. Through community outreach initiatives including PBS SoCaL Education, PBS SoCaL provides local schools access to new media materials that engage students in 21st century learning. Explore the future of PBS in Southern California at .

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