Hello friends and partners of the Kissimmee Basin: the Northern Everglades documentary project,
The completed version of the final DVD has arrived and is ready for shipment. The Kissimmee Basin: the Northern Everglades story has not been told very often, compared to the rest of the Everglades region. This documentary is a great media tool to provide an overview of the Kissimmee Valley, meet some of the people who live, work and love this historical part of Florida.
Please take a look at this fascinating story, purchase the DVD, share this information with others, and educate people about our special place here in the heartland of Florida.
View the trailer/demo at: http://youtu.be/IOOeMyNe7PU
Check with your local Public Television Station for broadcast schedules. Here are few new dates for Florida:
WGCU-Encore, Ft. Myers
* Sep 3, 11 pm (it follows Ken Burns’ National Parks:).
WEDU+-.4:
* 8-5-12, 10 pm
WLRN 17.2 (Learns):
* 8-19-12, 8 pm.
WUSF-16.1 - Tampa, FL
* 8/6/2012 4:00 PM
* 8/8/2012 12:00 PM
* 8/8/2012 3:00 AM
* 8/10/2012 2:00 PM
Cocoa Beach, FL WBCC-68.3
* 8/6/2012 11:00 AM
* 8/7/2012 8:00 PM
* 8/7/2012 11:00 AM
* 8/8/2012 11:00 AM
* 8/9/2012 11:00 AM
* 8/10/2012 11:00 AM
Here are few more scheduled dates across the country. Will have an update schedule beginning of next week.
Boise, ID KAID-4.2 HD Plus
* 8/10/2012 9:00 PM
Providence, RI RIPBS-Learns 36.2 WSBE
* 8/2/2012 10:00 PM 1st run
Tucson, AZ KUAT.3 Ready TV - Main
* 8/2/2012 9:00 PM 1st run
Coeur d'Alen, ID KCDT-26.2 Plus HD
*8/10/2012 9:00 PM 1st run 122
Boise, ID KUID-12.2 HD Plus
* 8/10/2012 9:00 PM 1st run
Springfield, IL, IL WILL-12.1
* 9/30/2012 1:00 PM 1st run
Boise, ID KAID-4.2 HD Plus
* 8/10/2012 9:00 PM 1st run
Idaho Falls, ID KISU-10.2 HD Plus
* 8/10/2012 9:00 PM 1st run
Twin Falls, ID KIPT-13.2 HD Plus
* 8/10/2012 9:00 PM 1st run
Short Description:
Travel with filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus along the Kissimmee River and surrounding regions. Meet the “Keepers of the Land” and experience a sense of place in the vast open spaces in the cattle country of Florida‘s private and public lands.
Throughout the centuries, the Everglades have inspired strong emotion and debate among soldiers and poets, politicians and citizens. Its history is as broad and sprawling as the River of Grass itself. Although many stories have been told about the Everglades – from drainage to restoration – few have been told about where it all begins: the Kissimmee River Basin. Restoration and protection of the natural values of this vast, watery landscape may well hold the key to restoration of the Greater Everglades ecosystem.
The Kissimmee Basin: The Northern Everglades invites you to take a trip up the Kissimmee Valley back through time to discover the well-reasoned, yet unforeseen, consequences of a flood control project that turned the 103-mile long meandering river full of life, into a 52-mile long, multi-million dollar over-engineered channel that drained the surrounding wetlands, caused the disappearance of large flocks of wading birds, and a significant decline of an abundant freshwater fishery.
“Kissimmee Basin area … that’s one of the areas of Florida that you can still go to and, if you look for it, it’s there. You can see Florida just like it was seventy-five, a hundred, or more years ago.”
- - Patrick Smith, Author, A Land Remembered.
In the documentary, “Kissimmee Basin: The Northern Everglades”, cinematographer Elam Stoltzfus captures the magnificent beauty of Florida’s heartland. This story documents the unique history of the region and succinctly states contemporary issues that affect this area. By the end of the video, viewers are left with a better understanding as to what they can do to preserve the Kissimmee Basin for future generations.
- - Rick Dantzler, Co-chairman, Northern Everglades Alliance
With Kissimmee Basin: Northern Everglades, Elam Stoltzfus uses magnificent imagery and compelling testimonial to tell the story of the least understood and appreciated facet of Everglades restoration. The film is a must see for anyone seeking to better understand this extraordinary landscape, the innovative strategies to achieve its restoration, and the people who have banded together on its behalf.
- - Evan Hirsche, President, National Wildlife Refuge Association
The recently released Kissimmee Basin: the Northern Everglades documentary is a compelling story about people and the resilience of nature: the power of what we can do when we all work together. Elam Stoltzfus has captured the heart and soul of this under appreciated part of the Everglades watershed. The Nature Conservancy has worked with ranchers in this landscape for more than 30 years and even their colleagues from around the country are surprised to hear that Florida’s cattle industry is one of the largest in the U.S. It is important to tell this untold story, about the valuable role of these ranch lands for storing water, providing clean air and sheltering an amazing array of wildlife that benefits the millions of people who mostly live along the coasts. It is exciting that this story is being told not just in Florida but around the country. - - Tricia Martin, The Nature Conservancy, Central Florida Conservation Director
Thank you for your interest and support.
Elam Stoltzfus, Producer
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