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Premiere Date: March 21, 2024 Format: 1 x 60-minute documentary
Description
Ride along in this documentary to an era when travelers took a little more time and had those fries and malts brought right out to them...you never had to get out of the car! These were drive- in restaurants! Grab your extra change and take a drive into history as we visit the drive-ins that served the North Central Minnesota communities of Brainerd and Bemidji and visit those foodie places in Roseau and Fergus Falls, where the grills are still hot today!
Impact
This Legacy-funded project takes a tour through the origins of some of the iconic first “fast food” restaurants in central and northern Minnesota. In this documentary, we hear about the significance these establishments had on many people and their families in Minnesota, shaping communities and furthering how we have changed culturally - the way we interact socially on a micro and macro scale - and how some things have remained the same over the years.
Distribution & Reach
Platform
Reach (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2024)
Broadcast
1 episode broadcast | 9 hours broadcast
Streaming
1 episode posted | 1 hour available | 489 streams
Social Media
3 posts | 2,400 video views | 502 engagements
Events & Engagement
Lakeland PBS held two separate public screening events at its Bemidji station location. The first one was on the evening of the broadcast premiere on March 21, 2024 with approximately 30 attendees. A second screening event with the local vintage car club on June 13, 2024 attracted approximately 35 attendees. Both screening events drew rave reviews from attendees. We had great discussion afterwards from people who were featured in the documentary who shared how much it meant to them to see their stories and experiences preserved in a documentary. Other attendees had similar feedback, spurring nostalgia from their own experiences of working at similar establishments or attending the ones featured in the film. There was great conversation about the connection to community and relationships from those experiences.
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