Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie Legend

FAIN: TR-261049-18

Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (St. Paul, MN 55101-1492)
Michael Rosenfeld (Project Director: January 2018 to present)

Production of a ninety-minute documentary film chronicling the life, work, and cultural impact of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957).

Twin City Public Television (TPT) is pleased to submit this proposal for Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie Legend (w.t.). The film will detail the journey and legacy of one of this nation’s most popular and influential writers in a 90-minute biographical profile. Best known for her Little House novels, Wilder’s work is among the most beloved children’s literature of all time. Since their publication began more than eighty years ago, the nine autobiographical novels detailing her girlhood on the American frontier have become a literary and cultural phenomenon. She transformed her pioneer childhood into a series of beloved children’s books, and by fictionalizing her own past, she changed the way we think about ours. Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie Legend (w.t.) will air nationally on PBS as part of WNET’s American Masters series, reaching approximately 98% of the country across the PBS network.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: From Prairie to Page (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Laura Ingalls Wilder: From Prairie to Page
Writer: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Director: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Producer: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Abstract: Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series. The documentary delves into the legacy of the iconic pioneer as well as the way she transformed her early life into enduring legend, a process that involved a little-known collaboration with her daughter Rose.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: http://https://www.pbs.org/video/laura-ingalls-wilder-prairie-to-page-pqnclr/
Primary URL Description: PBS.org Program Video Page
Secondary URL: http://https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/laura-ingalls-wilder-documentary/16920/
Secondary URL Description: American masters Program Website
Access Model: PBS Passport
Format: Video
Format: DVD
Format: Digital File
Format: Web

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