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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Courthouse Girls" movie to air soon on your local PBS station
So reports Bill Richmond of the Winchester News-Gazette. Some quotes:
A documentary on the Courthouse Girls calendar saga will make its network television debut Thursday evening on PBS channel WIPB. Courthouse Girls of Farmland airs July 31 at 9 p.m. on WIPB. * * *"The calendar is only one part of this story," said co-executive producer Angela Soper. "The bigger issue is what's happening to small towns all across America, especially those with history to be preserved in the form of their buildings, their culture and the lives of their citizens.
"It's also a story about the value offered society by those who are older."
She said the film is not only about those who worked to save the courthouse. The team of filmmakers made a point to talk to people who were against saving it and express a differing point of view.
"We really wanted to get other people's opinions as much as possible," she said.
Soper said the Muncie PBS broadcast will be the first time the program has been widely available to the public. It was previously seen only in showings to private groups and at film festivals. * * *
WIPB General Manager Alice Cheney said Courthouse Girls of Farmland is an excellent documentary on the revitalization of a small community.
"We are thrilled to have been a part of the production," Cheney said.
WIPB Marketing Manager Angela Rapp said, as the presenting station, WIPB has offered the Courthouse Girls documentary to all the Indiana Public Broadcasting Service (IPBS) stations. Those stations include: WNIT-TV South Bend/Elkhart, WFWA-TV Fort Wayne, WYIN-TV Merrillville, WFYI-TV Indianapolis, WVUT-TV Vincennes, WNIN-TV Evansville and WTIU-TV Bloomington. At this time all the stations have expressed an intent to air the program.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 29, 2008 09:26 PM
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