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- When an entire family is wiped out by an axe murderer on a June evening in 1912, a small Iowa town spirals into chaos and division. "Villisca" tells the epic true story of the Villisca, Iowa Children's Day murders. Following just two months after the sinking of the Titanic, the still-unsolved crime built and ruined political careers, created a lasting community split over the guilt or innocence of a local man--a state Senator--and produced dozens of litigations including three of America's most sensational trials.
- In the twilight of a Native American empire, two Ioway brothers travel to Washington, D. C. in 1824 to meet with Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark. Both sign a treaty ceding a large portion of tribal land for settlement. White Cloud sees cooperation as the only way for his people to survive, while Great Walker regrets the loss of land where his ancestors are buried. More territory is lost, and the Ioway people are divided, with some regarding one brother as a traitor, and the other as a patriot. After the tribe is removed, the 36 million acres they once called home is named "Iowa". Then, they are forgotten. "Lost Nation: The Ioway" tells the dramatic true tale of two brothers' struggle to save their people from inevitable American conquest, and the Ioway's current fight to reclaim and maintain their unique history and culture.
- A young Harriet Beecher (Stowe) witnesses the first public discussions of abolition in America which awakens her to the harsh realities of slavery.
- What do Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew and Jack Kerouac have in common? U.S. Route 6 in Iowa takes two-lane motorists from Davenport on the Mississippi to Council Bluffs on the Missouri. Built in one day by 10,000 farmers and businesses across the state, Iowa's Route 6 is part of the longest transcontinental highway in America. "River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6" guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday's soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, and roadside attractions. Experience the sights and sounds, the people and the places that the four-lanes have forgotten...before they are gone forever. "River to River" is a film from award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle. They are the producers of "Villisca: Living with a Mystery", "Country School: One Room - One Nation", "Lost Nation: The Ioway" and "Letters Home to Hero Street". "River to River" was inspired by the Highway 6 research and photography of David W. Darby.
- "The Barn Raisers" historical documentary feature film tells the story of barns in the Midwest by examining them through the lens of architecture. What do barn settings, styles, methods and materials tell us about the people who built them, the life they lived, and the role these vanishing country cathedrals played in the settling and building of a growing nation? Barns were constructed by farmer-craftsmen, professional builders who traveled from job to job and even architects like Frank Lloyd Wright. "The Barn Raisers" paints a cinematic portrait of barns and builders, and reminds us that these remnants from America's rural past are still here to be appreciated and experienced.
- "Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg" is the first documentary film to focus on the private side of the famous Marshalltown, Iowa native. It will also examine Seberg's very public American and international film career, civil rights era activism, and her mysterious death in Paris. "Movie Star" features exclusive on-camera interviews with Jean's family, friends and colleagues, as well as personal photographs, home movie footage and film clips. Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle and Garry McGee are pleased to bring Jean Seberg's unique and compelling story to the screen.
- "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2" When the Ioway were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to a reservation in Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (The Younger) believed the move would ensure survival for his people. But broken treaties, land loss, the end of communal living, and attempts to diminish their unique language and culture led to the establishment of a second Ioway Tribe and their own "trail of tears." "Lost Nation: The Ioway 3" As two separate Nations, the Ioway entered the 20th century amid American Indian policies aimed at Native American assimilation. From the Ghost Dance to the American Indian Movement, the Ioway experienced cultural disintegration and rebirth. Successful land claims in the 1970s propelled both tribes toward greater self-determination and a revival of time-honored Native traditions.
- Out of Many, One. From immigration issues in early schools to the controversial demise of their widespread use in the 1950s and 1960s, the Emmy-nominated "Country School: One Room - One Nation" combines visually stunning images of a myriad of restored and decaying buildings, including one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with surprising, humorous and heartwarming stories from former teachers and students. More than just nostalgia, "Country School" also delves into the dark side of the one-room school experience and dispels the myths behind the revered institution that helped bind a young nation together. Powerful on-camera commentary from a who's who of one-room school historians and writers provides insight into lessons learned from the school days and school ways of yesteryear. Multilingual classrooms, guns in school, and the pain of consolidation and closure remind us that the dramatic one-room school story continues to provide insight today.
- 'Letters Home to Hero Street' tells the story of a young Mexican-American man's personal view of World War II as told through letters he sent home to his family on 2nd Street in Silvis, Illinois. He becomes one of eight veterans of WWII and the Korean War killed in combat from the same block-and-a-half long neighborhood now called Hero Street, USA---more than any other street in America. This new Emmy-nominated documentary film was produced by WQPT-PBS and Fourth Wall Films and was funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.