Thanks much, Michael Hoover
> The Central Programming Network for PBS, out of Chicago, is offering the
> documentary, "Roll on Columbia: Woody Guthrie and the Bonneville Power
> Administration" (BPA) via satellite to your local PBS station on October
> 9. It is optional for them to schedule it for broadcast. This is where we
> need your help. Denise was co-director/producer on it and she asked that I
> contact you and ask that you call your local affiliate and ask that they
> run the documentary. It's won many awards, been in several film festivals,
> and won "best of the festival" in two instances.
>
> The documentary is the story of the one month, May-June1941, that Woody
> Guthrie worked for the Department of the Interior writing songs about the
> dams on the Columbia River. The purpose of the songs was to promote the
> benefits of cheap electrical power to the people of the northwestern United
> States. He wrote 26 songs in 30 days, some of which are his most famous
> work, like "Pastures of Plenty," and "Roll on Columbia."
>
> The documentary includes interviews with Mary Guthrie, Woody's wife at the
> time; Nora Guthrie, his daughter; Arlo Guthrie, his son; Studs Terkel, the
> writer; Pete Seegar, the folk singer; and, others who knew and worked with
> Woody Guthrie.
>
> Having seen the piece many times, I continue to be impressed with the
> story's telling of a significant musical and personal period in the life of
> Guthrie, but, also an important time in the social, political, and economic
> life of the United States.
>
> When you call the station you'll want to pose your request to the Director
> of Programming (or some such similar title), and ask for the documentary
> by name "Roll on Columbia: Woody Guthrie and the Bonneville Power
> Administration." Thanks for your help.