Download a photo of director Phillip Harder.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — On Thursday, April 1 at 7 p.m. Pioneer PBS’s Postcards program will explore behind the scenes of the locally made film, Tuscaloosa. The episode will be rebroadcast on Sunday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. and on Monday, April 5 at 1:30 p.m.
The stories will also be available for online viewing through the station’s website: www.pioneer.org/postcards.
Tuscaloosa is a 2019 film that follows the story of Billy Mitchell, a recent college graduate, as he falls in love with Virginia, a patient at his father's mental institution. It takes place just after the civil rights movement in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In actuality, the film was made entirely in Minnesota with the campus of Carleton College serving as the set where many of the scenes were filmed. The Postcards crew interviews the film’s director Phillip Harder who based his film on a novel by Glasgow Phillips. Patrick Riley, the film’s producer is also interviewed about what it took to turn Minnesota into Alabama in order to make the film, which has received a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
About Postcards
The award-winning Postcards is produced by Dana Conroy with videography and editing by Kristofor Gieske and Ben Dempcy. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Production sponsors for the program include Shalom Hill Farm, Explore Alexandria Tourism and the Lake Region Arts Council.
About Pioneer PBS
Established in 1966, Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing local stories of the region with the world. For more information visit: www.pioneer.org.
