Backbone Media is a nonprofit independent production company founded by Noel Schwerin in 1998. Specializing in documentaries, web sites and other media about how people make sense of science, history, technology and the law, Backbone Media is committed to educating the public in new and thought-provoking ways. A veteran of NOVA, Schwerin has written, produced and directed numerous award-winning films, including the two-hour prime-time PBS special "A Question of Genes," which received the first-prize CLARION Award from the Association of Women in Communications and the first-prize CINE Golden Eagle.

To contact Backbone Media or to tell us what you think of the show and the web site, please email us at the following addresses:
For video information: vhs@backbonemedia.org
For information about education and outreach: education@backbonemedia.org
To comment on the film or web site: bloodlines@backbonemedia.org
To contact Backbone Media: bbm@backbonemedia.org

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