One hallmark of PBS Fort Wayne’s history has been the creation of a television archive of local history and culture with the documentaries we’ve produced through the years.
To celebrate this body of work, we're airing a new series — REWIND — weekly on Thursdays at 9:00pm. Each Thursday evening, plus an encore airing Sunday evenings at 7:00pm, just before MASTERPIECE, you’ll be able to enjoy one of PBS Fort Wayne’s past documentaries, from our most recent to some not seen on our air for years.
Alongside recent favorites such as Truck Town, a History of International Harvester in Fort Wayne, Electric Legacy: The Story of General Electric in Fort Wayne, The Forgotten and A Home For The Arts, you’ll be able to watch documentaries such as E.L Cord: His Transportation Empire, Fort Wayne Firsts, Komet Tales, Ann Colone Remembers, WOWO Legends, Memorial City: The Lindenwood Chronicles and many more.
We hope you’ll enjoy this weekly look back at the history and the people that have made our area such a special place. Check out our broadcast schedule below, or look through our on-line schedule at pbsfortwayne.org/schedule or consult the times and dates that will be listed in the monthly Primetime program listings to see which documentaries will be featured each week.
Thursday Feb 6/Sunday Feb 9
This documentary is an examination of the history and architecture of some of Fort Wayne’s most recognizable landmarks - its churches. Featuring in-depth interviews with local historians, church officials, ministers, lay authorities and members of various congregations, this special production sheds light on the spiritual impact of these churches and how their architecture and physical presence has helped shape and define our community.
Thursday Feb 13/Sunday Feb 16
"Memorial City: The Lindenwood Chronicles" takes you beyond mausoleums, grass and gravestones to offer insights of some of the people interred at Lindenwood Cemetery. The history of the cemetery itself is profiled as well as offering a look at how customs have changed since it was founded in 1859. This documentary ultimately offers a unique perspective on our present by examining the final resting place of those who’ve gone before us.
Thursday Feb 20/Sunday feb 23
At the confluence of the Three Rivers in downtown Fort Wayne is a piece of land—Headwaters Park—with a deep connection to all who have lived here. It has seen the passage of time and waters from this area’s earliest inhabitants to the thousands of people who gather and celebrate here today. Using archival resources with interviews and images from today, this documentary from PBS Fort Wayne will give you insight into a place that has become part of the heart and identity of the Summit City.
Thursday Feb 27/Sunday March 2
Flappers, rumrunners, bootleggers, gangsters, molls...and Speakeasys. All these words defined the prohibition era, especially in Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana. During this documentary, you’ll learn how this area came to grips with its prohibition past. It looks at the history as well as some of the local mythology he that arose from this time. Archival images coupled with first-person interviews by those who know this area’s Prohibition backstory reveal parts of Fort Wayne’s secret past.
Now Streaming with Passport
This classic PBS Fort Wayne documentary focuses on the Bass Mansion, located in the heart of the University of Saint Francis campus. On-camera interviews from the architects, craftsmen and historians involved in this remarkable preservation project plus archival photos and more bring the history of the Bass Mansion one of Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana’s historic structures, alive.
Now Streaming with Passport
Enjoy a remarkable retrospective of the life, times and extraordinary career of local TV pioneer, Ann Colone. Using interviews with Ann, her colleagues and highlights gleaned from Ann’s personal photographic, film and video archives, you’ll be transported back to the memories she created...memories of celebrities, events and the wonders of the world brought into thousands of homes, each weekday, by Ann Colone.
Now Streaming
In this all-new documentary, we turn the camera on ourselves. During this presentation, you’ll be able to go back with PBS Fort Wayne to our beginning using archival images and footage combined with interviews of past and present staff. This special will give you an insider’s perspective on our history and what our mission of service to our community is all about.
Our REWIND Documentary Series is sponsored in part by:
