Forgotten Ellis Island Picked Up by PBS

I just got word from Lorie Conway this morning that her film Forgotten Ellis Island has been selected by PBS "as a prime-time national special for late spring or early summer broadcast". Elliott Gould narrated this documentary, and Bruce Miles, Drew Hadwal and I provided historical voices. You can read more about the film and its grand premiere in my blog post of October 2007.

In addition to this good news, Lorie reported that "the Smithsonian Institution is planning on creating a traveling exhibit using clips from the film and images from the book and film--it will be a free exhibit and be placed in museums, libraries, schools, all sorts of public spaces across the country...they need to find a corporate sponsor to underwrite [it] but are confident it will happen."

This is very exciting news for many reasons, but the most important reason of all is that the film tells a story that needs to be told, and Lorie Conway tells it well. Congratulations to her not only for her artistry, but for her skill and savvy in the pursuit of distribution. That it took such a short time for her to get it says volumes about the film's merits.



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