Thought this might interest the listmembers from MN. > Carol Just Byhre, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has informed me of the change > in dates and time for the airing of the documentary. Please find below the > updated dates for the airing of the program on Minnesota Public > Television. > > "Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans From Russia" > > Documentary produced by Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc, and the NDSU > Libraries, Fargo, ND, copyright 2000, 60 minutes, plus 20 minutes bonus > video, funding by North Dakota State University Libraries, and Members of > Prairie Public > > Minnesota Public Television - KTCA - Channel 2 > Saturday, August 5, 2000 - 4:15 pm (CDT) > > Minnesota Public Television - KTCA - Channel 17 > Sunday, August 17, 2000 - 7:30 pm (CDT) > > ------------------------- > > "Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia" > > The award-winning team that produced "The Germans From Russia: Children of > the Steppe, Children of the Prairie", Prairie Public Broadcasting and the > North Dakota State University Libraries, is planning the premiere of > their newest collaborative effort on Minnesota Public Television. KTCA > will air "SCHMECKFEST: FOOD TRADITIONS OF THE GERMANS FROM RUSSIA" on > Thursday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. (CDT). > > Narrated in first-person by writer Ron Vossler, Schmeckfest is a > collection of vignettes filmed in the kitchens of cooks who > remember milking cows on cold North Dakota mornings; at a cafe that still > serves the traditional Knoepfla Soup; and at a modern Schmeckfest where, > to use the literal definition of a Schmeckfest, people celebrate with a > 'festival of food.' > > "We know this new production will be as well-received as the first Germans > from Russia documentary," said Bob Dambach, Prairie Public programming > director and producer of the series. "Viewers, both of German Russian > heritage and otherwise, praised not only the visual and technical aspects > of "THE GERMANS FROM RUSSIA", but also the depth and quality of the > content. That same attention to excellence has been put into SCHMECKFEST, > but with a narrower focus -- specifically, the importance of the > celebrations and the food ways that shaped the lives of this ethnic > group." > > "These were a people who overcame much adversity," added Michael Miller, > co-producer of the films and Bibliographer at the Germans from Russia > Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries. "SCHMECKFEST is important to our > prairie heritage; it preserves a legacy of a very self-sufficient > group. The film is a chronicle of the prairie women who left no records of > their lives, but who are remembered every day in the recipes and rituals > of the kitchen: the heart of the home." > > "THE GERMANS FROM RUSSIA", the precursor to "SCHMECKFEST", is an > examination of the ethnic group's fascinating history. It has aired on 70 > public broadcasting stations in 26 states and four Canadian provinces. The > film has received the prestigious Silver Telly Award as one of the best > documentaries in America, a bronze plaque award in humanities from the > Columbus 47th Annual International Film and Video Festival, and was shown > to an international audience at the Third International Ethnic TV Festival > in Krakow, Poland. > > For more information to secure the videotapes from Prairie Public, call > 1-800-359-6900. > > For more information about the documentary videotapes including > photographs, review: > > http://www.prairiepublic.org - and click "Schmeckfest" > > http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/projects.html - and click "Foodways > Documentary" > > For additional questions, contact: > > Michael M. Miller > Germans from Russia Bibliographer > North Dakota State University Libraries > P.O. Box 5599 > Fargo, ND 58105-5599 USA > Tel: 701-231-8416 > Fax: 701-231-7138 > Internet: mmmiller@badlands.nodak.edu > > Personal Home Page: > http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/gr.html > > Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Menu: > http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus >