| About Acorn
ACORN MEDIA U. S.
Acorn Media U.S. began as a one-man operation and released its first two titles, both documentaries, in 1984.
Today, Acorn Media U.S. holds exclusive North American distribution rights to hundreds of collectible
titles on DVD. The genres represented include drama, mystery, comedy, science fiction, performance, and
special interest programming.
Acorn Media U.S. has become known for bringing the best of British and Canadian television
to home video, including the popular recent series Slings & Arrows starring Paul Gross, Laurence
Olivier Presents, John Le Carre’s A Perfect Spy, PBS Mystery! hit series Agatha Christie’s
Marple, and Eleventh Hour starring Patrick Stewart; documentaries such as the popular Visions travel series, The Real Da Vinci Code, and Churchill’s Bodyguard; as well as
performance features like Broadway’s Lost Treasures and Soweto Gospel Choir.
To see a montage of Acorn programs, please click here.
In 2006, Acorn Media Group launched Acacia, a healthy joyful living brand encompassing original
programming on DVD and a direct-to-consumer catalog. Acorn licensed and distributes the original
programming on DVD including Yoga Trance Dance from world-renown yoga teacher Shiva Rea, Yogic Arts™:
The Awakening Level from international trainer to the stars Duncan Wong, The Elaine Petrone Method,
and Dr. Andrew Weil’s Healthy Aging. To read more about Acacia, visit www.acacialifestyle.com
Acorn Media U.S. and the Acorn Media Group corporate headquarters are located together in
Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., a national center for visual media.
In addition to making its products available through
the Acorn Direct and Acacia catalogs ( acaciacatalog.com). Acorn (acornonline.com)
titles can also be found at retailers such as Borders, and Barnes & Noble; web merchants such as Amazon; wholesalers such as
Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and Alliance; and catalog companies such as Critics' Choice and PBS Direct. |
