Redford Intros New Documentary Channel

Robert Redford used the backdrop of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival to announce that the Sundance Channel, of which he is founder and creative director, will launch a net devoted exclusively to documentary films. The network will be owned and operated by the Sundance Channel and will show independent non-fiction films, both shorts and features from the United States and abroad. The network will launch in the second half of 2002.

From <a href="http://www.skyreport.com" target=none>SkyReport</a> (Used with permission)

Is this the same "environmental-friendly" Robert Redford that tore up the side of a pristine mountain near Provo, Utah for his ski resort, and has a beachside home in Malibu?

Sounds like an interesting channel. I wonder if either E* or D* will carry it soon.

I am very much hoping that Dish Network adds the Documentary Channel. It sounds like a GREAT channel, and I would rank it right up there with the National Geographic Channel in terms of necessity of its addition.