“A country without its people is not a country.”
—Travel entrepreneur Anna Mafwila from the Northern Namibia episode of FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II
Last week, the Puerto Rico episode of our series received a Gold Telly Award for excellence in television in the culture series category.
Watch at https://www.pbs.org/show/fly-brother/
Yes, FLY BROTHER could be described as a travel show, but is as much a show about people and culture as travel.
Thank you, deeply, to all the people who have helped us share impactful stories and feature surprising, enthralling corners of our world.
To our AUDIENCE (aka “Viewers Like You!”): thank you for believing in the power of travel to connect us in friendship and community.
To our featured storytellers and destination partners: thank you for trusting us with your stories.
To our executive producers Denise Wilmer Barreto and Yvette McQueen M.D., our director/DP Pedro Serra, our camerawoman Juliana Colombo Nicolini, our editors Mari Cezar and Matt Guth, our episode producers Jen Ruiz and Janid Ortiz, CHDM, our presenting station team Darren LaShelle and Paul Swensen of Northern California Public Media, our public television distributors NETA, PBS, and Create TV: we couldn’t have done it without you!
To our sponsors, investors, supporters, cheerleaders, and backers, including Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau, Courageous Conversation Global Foundation, Rolf Potts, Naima Smith, Tegjula and Craig Hilburn, Lily Graves, Danny Bellish, Sierra Brown, Reginald Laroche, and many, many more: thank you, thank you, thank you!