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Coming Up on ScreentimeJuly 2 The 1930's were a time of great depression, extreme drought and dirt storms. The region of Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, Texas and the Eastern parts of Colorado and New Mexico were referred to as the "Dust Bowl." The settlers of this area faced a tough, harsh climate with adverse temperatures, high winds and a flat landscape. Smoky Hills Public Television presents a special program that tells the story of this critical time in history. It is important to capture the recollections and stories from the past to learn of the hardships of those who survived and continued to make a life and home in Kansas and the plains. To order the DVD, visit the Smoky Hills Public Television Web site. July 9 Down River and Up Hill covers the paddle boat race across the 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs, and rain of the state of Missouri. The Missouri River 340 tests the mettle of its competitors from the first stroke in Kansas City to the last gasp in St. Charles.
Few are truly gifted with the mind of a music composer, and for the rest of us, the ability to conjure music seemingly from thin air might be baffling. Genius Among Us follows a group of extraordinary Missouri high school students who spent a week at an MU camp dedicated to music composition. When asked where their compositions come from, many of the students can only shrug, "I hear it in my head." The film depicts an unusual dedication from such a young group, writing music at a surprisingly advanced level. July 16 This American Gothic is a quirky portrait of Eldon, Iowa, population 998, site of the house that inspired one of the most famous paintings in the world. The film follows a group of local women as they work towards their dream of a Gothic House Visitor Center to attract tourists and save their struggling community. The ongoing fascination with the painting "American Gothic" suggests hunger for stories from rural America that This American Gothic both taps into and exposes. Produced by Iowa Public Television. July 23 Community Builder is an hour-long look back at a man whose motto was planning for permanence--and whose developments and real estate ventures shaped a lot of our best known neighborhoods--the Plaza, Brookside, Mission Hills, as well as cultural institutions like UMKC and the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Even though Nichols' name is almost synonymous with suburbs and the automobile, he's found favor these days with many of the planners who call themselves New Urbanists. They see him as a pioneer when it came to developing the kinds of places where people could comfortably live and work, without needing to move on every 20 years or so. Co-produced by KCPT. July 30 Charles Banks Wilson grew up in Miami, Okla. and achieved a national reputation as one of America's greatest artists. He illustrated more than 65 pure blood Indians representative of their respective tribes and was a renowned portrait artist. Seven of his portraits hang in the Oklahoma State Capitol along with his murals, which illustrate Oklahoma history. This documentary delves into how the Ozarks influenced Mr. Wilson’s work and how Wilson is now influencing the Ozarks.
This documentary examines Benton's rural roots and how they impacted his art and views on life, focusing on some of Benton's work including the painting "The Departure of the Joads," in the Ralph Foster Museum in Hollister, Mo.; "The Social History of the State of Missouri" in the state capitol at Jefferson City; and the Joplin Centennial Mural in Joplin City Hall. The second section of the documentary reflects on how Benton is, in turn, influencing the Ozarks. The Thomas Hart Benton Festival, a symposium on Benton is shown, the murals of Newton County and Southwest Missouri program are also featured, along with Anthony Benton Gude's painting Neosho's city mural. |
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