I got an email from a friend about this today:
From the Communications Director of 1000 Friends of Minnesota:
1000 Friends of Minnesota and Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) are working together to create dozens of Legacy Letters — short videos about what people treasure most in Minnesota. These minute-long videos will air statewide on the Minnesota Channel numerous times over the course of the next year, with the potential for select Legacy Letters to air on TPT’s weekly public affairs show, Almanac. The videos will also be posted online on the 1000 Friends of Minnesota website.
The goal of Legacy Letters is to have articulate Minnesotans express our collective values and the future they envision for the state. Participants will describe their own "places of the heart," establishing a personal connection between themselves and an aspect of the state that makes Minnesota feel like home. They will choose an object to be included in their video that represents what they treasure in Minnesota. They might be describing a physical place, such as their favorite town, neighborhood, river, cabin or bike trail, or they might be capturing an intangible quality they hold dear, such as a feeling of community, a connection to the land, or strength in the face of adversity. The object they choose will help shape their story.
Do you know of someone who can tell a good story, is passionate about Minnesota and might want to share their thoughts with a public television audience? If so, please encourage them to check out
our website.
There they will find more detail about Legacy Letters and how to propose one. The deadline for this first round is September 5. We will be filming between mid-September and mid-October, with the first ones airing in late November. We will continue to seek Legacy Letters in the winter and spring so we can film in all of Minnesota’s seasons.
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