Aloha,

The award winning film Beautiful Son begins to air around the country
and
will play throughout the month of April and May. (see the schedule
below).

Synopsis

A documentary about one familyıs struggle to heal their son from
autism

In 2003, Hawaii filmmakers Don and Julianne King realized something
was
wrong with their three-year-old son, Beau. Around age two-and-a-half,
Beau
started loosing his ability to speak, his coordination, and was
becoming
disconnected from the outside world. Determined to help Beau, his
parents
brought him to the best doctors in the U.S. and took along a video
camera to
document the results. Two months later, Beau was diagnosed with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

In BEAUTIFUL SON, Don and Julianne take us on their journey through
the
landscape of this debilitating neurological disorder as they attempt
to
recover Beau from autism. Along the way, through their research and
personal
interaction with various medical professionals, Don and Julianne come
to
believe the establishment has little to offer apart from advice of
³good
parenting² and behavioral therapy. Desperate to find help, they
stumble upon
a community of doctors and parents who are experimenting with
alternative
treatments and who are, they believe, successfully recovering some
kids from
autism.

BEAUTIFUL SON is the story of an illness reaching epidemic
proportion, now
affecting one in 150 children. And, itıs the story of a grass roots
movement
of parents and doctors who believe that vaccines, mercury and other
toxins
may be triggering some forms of autism and demanding research be done
to
help their children.

Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN KWCM 3/30/08 3:00 PM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KSMN 3/30/08 3:00 PM
Baltimore, MD WMPB 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Baltimore, MD WMPT 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Pittsburgh, PA WGPT 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Salisbury, MD WCPB 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Washington, DC WFPT 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Washington, DC WWPB 4/2/08 11:00 PM
Minot-Bismarck- Dickinson, ND KQSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Rapid City, SD KBHE 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Rapid City, SD KPSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Rapid City, SD KZSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KESD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KCSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KDSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KTSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD KUSD 4/3/08 2:00 AM
Nashville, TN WNPT 4/3/08 11:00 PM
Detroit, MI WTVS 4/6/08 3:30 PM
Los Angeles, CA KLCS 4/7/08 10:00 PM
Monterey-Salinas, CA KQET 4/7/08 11:00 PM
San Francisco-Oakland- San Jose, CA KQED 4/7/08 11:00 PM
Monterey-Salinas, CA KQET 4/8/08 8:00 PM
San Francisco-Oakland- San Jose, CA KQED 4/8/08 8:00 PM
Austin, TX KLRU 4/8/08 2:00 AM
Seattle-Tacoma, WA KBTC 4/8/08 8:00 PM
Pittsburgh, PA WQED 4/11/08 10:00 PM
Milwaukee, WI WMVT 4/27/08 8:00 AM
Milwaukee, WI WMVT 4/28/08 12:00 AM

If you don't see your city, please contact your local public
television
station and ask if they will please air Beautiful Son.

UNFORTUNATELY, this version does not include the Kerns family who
recovered
all 3 of their children. The PBS curating team would not allow it to
be
included.

The longer version of the film is available as a DVD at
www.beautifulson. com

Please pass this email along.

Mahalo
Don & Julianne King