“Underground Railroad The William Still Story” airing on PBS
WNED continuously strives to create top-notch productions that contribute to the bi-national communities it serves in the Buffalo/Niagara/Toronto region.
The following WNED programs are currently in production. Check back for additional program details and dates for broadcast debuts!
Airing locally in Western New York and Southern Ontario:
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GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICA (working title)
This documentary on golf course architecture will feature important individuals who have made a contribution, the signature locations that illustrate key aspects of design, and the critical events that have marked its history. The program will start with a history of golf course architecture in America, bring the story into contemporary time and prefigure what the future might hold.
(For national broadcast)
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED: DESIGNING AMERICA (working title)
During his long, dramatic and amazingly productive life, Frederick Law Olmsted strove to both remake and preserve America. Best known as “the father of American landscape design,” he literally and figuratively broke new ground to plan and realize visionary green spaces, including New York’s Central Park, the grounds of the U.S. Capitol and interconnected park systems in Boston and Buffalo, N.Y. This revealing film shares the significant and diverse legacy of a passionate conservationist, author, reformer and leading 19th century figure.
(For national broadcast)
WILLIAM STILL: FREEDOM’S MAN
Extraordinary people risked their lives to help fugitive slaves escape on the clandestine Underground Railroad. This co-production with 90th Parallel Productions in Toronto will present some of the dramatic, lesser-known stories behind this immense humanitarian enterprise. Most prominently featured is William Still of Philadelphia. This free black man helped hundreds escape bondage by accepting delivery of transported crates, containing human “cargo.” The documentary also will explore key Canadian connections to the Underground Railroad, including the surprising fate of former slaves after they crossed the border to “Freedom’s Land.”
(For national broadcast)
