From Haiti to Minnesota
Premiere Date: April 11, 2024 Format: 1 x 10-minute documentary
Description
Antonio and Paulaine Jean Louis have not had an entirely smooth path to make it to the United States, facing visa issues and language barriers along the way. But now they and their children have made their home in Minnesota. “Everyone at work keeps telling me they saw me on PBS. All my family and friends like it. I posted it on Facebook [and] a lot of my Facebook friends shared it. I love it, really professional.” – Paulaine Jean Louis
Events & Engagement
Pioneer PBS, Ron and Diane Fagen, and the staff at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum co-hosted a screening event for Night Wings: OSS Carpetbagger Ops on Memorial Day. Over 320 people came out to view the documentary and celebrate WWII veteran Robert Holmstrom. Robert Holmstrom was able to be at the screening, along with his daughter Jenny who said she had no idea growing up what her Dad had done during the war and is thankful that he could talk about it now and that it is recorded for posterity. A 3-day commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War took place at the Mall of America. The Minnesota Military Museum asked to include Pioneer PBS’ documentary Frozen in Time: The Vietnam War . 10,000 people attended the event, viewing the museum exhibits and related displays.
The impact of these veteran stories is shown in the continued interest in their stories, long after broadcast. We’ve compiled a Veterans Stories playlist on YouTube and from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 it was viewed nearly 395,000 times! We will continue to add the unique stories of every veteran we can to this distinguished list, assuring teachers, students and folks around the world have access to these brave men and women’s stories of service.
The capacity crowd at Mall of America
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