Saving North
The true story of a struggle for human and cultural survival in the mysterious and insular world of the Russian North.
Always be Analogue.
A J. Mitchell Johnson Productions company
A J. Mitchell Johnson Productions company
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Award-winning productions exploring the relationships between humans and nature.
For more than four decades Abamedia has made documentaries for PBS and broadcasters worldwide, from the 1977 Van Cliburn competition to the Cold War series Red Files, winner of the International Documentary Association's Best Limited Series award.
Alongside production, Abamedia co-owns RussianArchives.com, a catalogue of more than 45,000 non-fiction films from Russia's pre-eminent documentary archive.
Selected work
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- Remaining Human
Remaining Human
A short introductory primer on Norbert Wiener and the Lost Science of Cybernetics — the first film of a series on the “father of cybernetics.”
- Red Files
Red Files
A critically acclaimed four-part series produced by InVision Productions with Abamedia in association with Devillier-Donegan Enterprises and PBS.
- World Without Waves
World Without Waves
Abamedia’s premier independent feature: a technology-addicted NYC television producer suddenly develops a physically debilitating reaction to electricity.
- Contest to Carnegie Hall
Contest to Carnegie Hall
A PBS broadcast on the 1977 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, funded by Tandy Corporation.
Coming Home
From Shadowland to Spiritworld
The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians return to their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast after 170 years of displacement.
Premiered on PBS · November 2, 2026
Watch on PBS.org and the PBS app, and with PBS Passport.
- Moscow International Film Festival
- Mendocino Film Festival
- Accolade
- Pechka