Distribution & Reach
Distribution & Reach
“The best part of Prairie Public’s programming is how I get to learn about people and events I’d never have encountered otherwise.” – MPTA survey respondent
Platform
Reach (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
Platform
Reach (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
Broadcast
1 episode broadcast | 8.5 hours broadcast
Broadcast
2 episodes broadcast | 7.25 hours broadcast
Streaming
11 videos available | 3 hours available | 2,092 streams
Streaming
2 videos available | .75 hours available | 1,517 streams
Events & Engagement
Events & Engagement
Prairie Public hosted a two-part screening of both It’s Never Left Me and Wounded on May 14, 2025 at the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes, MN. After the screenings the audience took part in a question-and-answer session with four interviewees from the two documentaries. 32 people attended the screening.
Prairie Public hosted a screening of Chosen Home on April 1, 2025 at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. After the screenings, the audience members were able to engage with interviewees from the documentary in a question-and-answer session. 50 people attended the screening.
Education
Chosen Home
Prairie Public created six new PBS Learning Media resources connected to this year’s Minnesota immigration and military-centric documentaries, including Chosen Home , Wounded , and It’s Never Left Me . Each resource offers a video and support materials including teaching tips, discussion questions, vocabulary, handouts, and more. Each resource has been aligned to Common Core and national and Minnesota state education standards.
Premiere Date: April 28, 2025 Format: 1 x 30-minute documentary and 10 x 7-minute features
Description
Home isn’t just a place, it’s where you find belonging. Through struggle, sacrifice, and hope, immigrants leave everything behind to cross borders in search of a place to call their own. The documentary Chosen Home uses first-hand narratives to depict the life of an immigrant to northwest Minnesota. Escaping and fleeing war-torn countries is a common theme, but so are the dreams of
1. Immigrating to America - Chosen Home , 2025 2. Adapting to America - Chosen Home , 2025 3. The War Within - It’s Never Left Me , 2025 4. The Lasting Impact of War - It’s Never Left Me, 2025
5. Veterans, PTSD, and Understanding Trauma - Wounded , 2025 6. Women Veterans, PTSD, and Recreation as Care - Wounded , 2025
attending an American university, buying a home, and starting a family. Many people find their way to Minnesota and contribute to the communities we live in. 10 short features containing more in- depth discussion with each immigrant were produced independently of the documentary for digital platforms. These are the comprehensive stories of finding a place, a community, a chosen home.
Impact
The documentary provided viewers with a new appreciation for the sacrifices of immigrants and their desire to provide a safe existence for their families. The people interviewed were able to verbalize traumatic experiences from their birth countries, all while maintaining faith that immigrating to the United States of America would bring them solace.
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