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TPT Investigates the Past
T PT’s signature history series, Minnesota Experience , produced another year of exceptional programming with a new portfolio of original films.
CITIZEN In tandem with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Citizen told the stories of the Minnesota women who carried the banner for expanded suffrage. A robust engagement campaign included a collaboration with students and faculty at St. Catherine University.
“I was already planning on voting in this upcoming election, but this documentary made me realize how much my vote really mattered. Countless women before me fought very hard so I could have this right.” - St. Catherine University Student
Regional Emmy Winner
ARMED WITH LANGUAGE At a time of heightened violence against Asian Americans, Minnesota Experience shared the little-known story of how the U.S. military worked with Nisei – children of Japanese immigrants – to train them as translators during WWII at a Twin Cities school. Primarily recruited from internment camps, these men and women served while many of their families remained imprisoned. For their efforts, they “shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved possibly a million American lives.”
Regional Emmy Winner
80% of viewers said they were interested in learning more about Minnesota’s past 67% said they wanted to talk with friends and family about what they had learned
Regional Emmy Winner
RETURN TO SKID ROW As Minnesota struggles with an ongoing shortage of affordable housing, this documentary brought new context to
MINNEHISTORY This series of bite-sized histories aired during TPT’s children’s programming, introducing kids to Minnesotans such as
Minneapolis’ Gateway district, illuminating the history behind long-standing issues of homelessness and poverty.
Frederick McKinley Jones, a Black inventor and pioneer in refrigeration technology; Marie Bottineau Baldwin, a pioneering Indigenous legal leader and activist; and more.
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