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You are going to want to tune in to see an interesting documentary about the transformation of Florida from a sleepy backwater to the country’s fourth largest state:
The Florida Dream, based on Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida, written by historian and USF professor Gary Mormino, will premiere on WEDU and select PBS stations throughout the state.
Produced by WEDU and the Florida Humanities Council (FHC), this one-hour documentary
explores how millions of people from across the United States and around the globe migrated
south in search of the Florida dream.
Checking out the links to WEDU’s The Florida Dream, and the press release, as well as the Florida Humanities Council, their media kit, and the official The Florida Dream website, it looks to be a very interesting show, especially to developers, anti-growth folks, and regular people who are simply curious about where we have been and where we are headed.
Lots of opinionated people feel the same way:
A Tampa Tribune editorial says watch it tonight
The Times’ Howard Troxler pimps the show in his blog (Well worth watching) and his column (I hope you’ll take a look)
Lakeland Ledger: ‘The Florida Dream’ is worth watching
Steve Otto: A terrific documentary
OK.. I’m sure you are convinced - let’s all watch this important and enlightening documentary. According to the broadcast schedule, it will be on tonight at 9pm. That’s right. Tonight. At 9pm. On TV. Oh… uhmm perhaps you’ll miss it, (even if you stay home).
Better set TiVo.
No TiVo? Well, at least you can buy the DVD for $22.
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October 19th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Amazon.com files this DVD under the “Horror” genre….seriously, it’s a brilliant piece, what we Floridians have done to our beautiful state.