A young Hmong woman wants to live with her boyfriend, but struggles to leave her mother.
The celebrated DVD that's included with Minnesota's North Shore book is now available for individual purchase. Craig Blacklock has captured on video some of the most amazing sights that the North Shore has to offer. Each scene is set to the music of Ryan Rapsys (with additional music by Peter Mayer). Turn the music off to hear the North Shore's ambient sounds. Minnesota's North Shore DVD is ideal for background entertainment and makes a perfect gift.
The year is 1970 and the disastrous Vietnam War keeps escalating. Protests are erupting all over U.S. campuses. But in Minneapolis, word that the national Red Barn Restaurant chain wants to erect a new fast-food franchise in old, venerable Dinkytown, the “war at home” takes a different turn. This stunning documentary chronicles the unprecedented 40-day, 40-night continuous Dinkytown “Occupation” to prevent construction of an unwanted hamburger joint. From film programmer-turned-filmmaker Al Milgrom, the story is recounted by seven participants whose varied reminiscences about defending the neighborhood becomes a microcosm of the memorable ‘70’s Generation. Music featured in the film by Bob Dylan, Willie Murphy.
In a small Minnesota town, Jesse works as an underpaid mechanic. After a tense work day, he comes home to find his Grandma losing their house. On the search for better pay, Jesse agrees to work with his best friend Eddy. But during a job, things get real.
The true story of Bill Sackter's emergence from lifelong institutionalization, to become an international hero for people with disabilities.
All the glory and classic moments of the Minnesota Twins 1987 (vs St. Louis Cardinals) and 1991 (vs Atlanta Braves) World Series Championships.
An unnamed graffiti artist produces a new piece in the biting cold of Minneapolis. Despite the illegality of his medium and the harshness of his environment, the film captures why the artist chooses to create on his own terms.
Four thrill seekers making a short film about an abandoned backwoods property in Gateway, Minnesota unleash an evil legend that should have been left forgotten.
'Fall Into Me' is a romantic comedy about lies and love. The lies we tell to get the love that we want. Maria and Steve, two unlikely liars, find themselves lies colliding and their lives forever changed.
A group of kids find trouble after messing around with a local urban legend involving a witch on the night before Halloween.
This Traveltalk series short visits some of the important cities and sites of Minnesota.
A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of hand-harvesting and parching the wild rice. Biotech companies are currently researching ways to genetically modify the rice and the community is fighting to keep it wild.
A series of vignettes chronicling a few lonely people in Duluth, MN searching for a connection in a bleak winter.
A short documentary about Americans with Native American and Finnish heritage.
During the first week of September 1981, Twin/Tone took the mobile recording unit and rented a bunch of video gear and recorded 15 bands live (five nights) at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis... These movies are from the show on September 5th. The band had released "Sorry Ma..." earlier in the year and were already working on future projects. These clips are presented as they were recorded live... in set order and very much with the tuning that troubled the night. The Replacements were the middle band of three (Husker Du closed the show) and played two 25 minute sets.
Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a pivotal time in Northern Minnesota’s labor history. It’s called “Northern Minnesota’s Labor Wars.” The years 1916 and 1917 brought major labor uprisings in the mines of the Mesabi Iron Range and the lumber camps of the state’s far northern pine forests. These events not only shaped local history, but became vital turning points in the national and international labor movement.
Corporate researchers go behind the back of their mysterious employer to test the telepathic abilities of a traumatized girl and her father.
25 years after the pro wrestler shocked the world when elected Governor of Minnesota, it's high time to explore the people, values and experiences that shaped him.
Former NSA Agent Thadeus Jackson risks it all in an attempt to kill The Supremacist, Defender of Capitalism, and The American Way.
Freshwater is a documentary that dives into the cold waters of Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. Despite the fact that it contains ten percent of Earth’s freshwater, this massive force of nature remains largely unexplored. One group of people, however, is intimately aware of its power. From the surfers who catch its waves to the scientists who study its depths, learn why Lake Superior is a precious resource that should never be taken for granted.