Radio-TV-Film Professor’s Public Affairs Show To Air Retrospective on Governor Ann Richards
AUSTIN, Texas – Feb. 19, 2007 – University of Texas at Austin Radio-Television-Film professor and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Stekler’s public affairs series “Special Session” will examine the life of Governor Ann Richards with a short documentary, featuring never-seen-before footage and interviews.
The episode will air in Austin on KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, at 11 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 25 and again on KLRU2 at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28.
This very personal portrait is followed by a discussion with people who knew her and covered her political career: Mary Beth Rogers, her former chief of staff; Chuck McDonald, her press spokesman; and Wayne Slater, longtime political writer for The Dallas Morning News. The short film will reveal a side of Governor Richards she kept private.
About “Special Session”
Each week, journalists, politicos and other notable Texans take on the issues and politics confronting this year’s 80th session of the Texas Legislature in this Lone Star Emmy-nominated half-hour series. “Special Session” is a production of KLRU, in association with Midnight Films. Funding for the series is provided in part by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation, Public Strategies Inc., The Meredith Family Foundation and the Nowlin Family Fund at the Austin Community Foundation. Additional support is provided by Garrett and Cecilia Boone.
For more information about “Special Session,” visit www.klru.org/specialsession. Each episode will be available for video-streaming at that site after its broadcast.
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Contacts:
Erin Geisler
(512) 475-8071
erin.geisler@austin.utexas.edu
Maury Sullivan
(512) 475-9087
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