#Wandering willows medals tv#

YEAR PRODUCED: 1987 (first broadcast on Wonderworks)ĮXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Patricia Perini, Calvin SkaggsĬAST: Teresa Wright, Doris Roberts, Olivia Cole, William Converse-Roberts, Karron Graves PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: KERA-TV, Dallas, TX and Lumiere Productions, NY Set in rural Texas in 1905, this film is an adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter’s story about a nine-year-old girl whose eccentric great aunt helps her come to terms with the cycles of nature and the inevitability of human mortality. PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Children’s Television Workshop, New York, NYĭIRECTORS: Lisa Simon, Arlenne Sherman, Tony GeissĬAST: James Mason, Fritz Weaver, Paul Dooley, the cast of Sesame StreetĪWARD: International Children’s Programming Festival, Prix Jeunesse

#Wandering willows medals tv#

Pounder, Marian Mercer, Thalmus RasulalaĪWARDS/FESTIVALS: Banff Television Festival, Best of Festival, Children Houston Educational Film Festival, Silver Award Birmingham International Education Film Festival, Best of Festival Odyssey Institute Media Awards Competition, First Prize, Educational/After School National Educational Film Festival, Best Film, Social Science Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Best of Festival Los Angeles Herald Tribune, Selected among “Ten Best” TV programs American Film Festival, Honorable Mention, Profiles Writers’ Guild of America, Best Script, Children’s CategoryĭISTRIBUTOR: Available in libraries ( WorldCat)ĭon’t Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Artĭon’t Eat the Pictures introduces children to many treasures of the New York Metropolitan Museum through the adventures of members of the Sesame Street gang, who find themselves accidentally locked up in the museum overnight.

YEAR PRODUCED: 1983 (first broadcast on Wonderworks)ĬAST: Levar Burton, Shelley Duvall, James Bond III, Marian Mercer, Shavar Ross, C.C.H.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: New Images Productions, Berkeley, CA The story traces his family’s transition from slavery to freedom at the end of the Civil War and the young Booker’s desire to learn to read in an environment where blacks had few opportunities for education. This drama focuses on a critical period in the early life of pioneering black educator and writer Booker T. YEAR PRODUCED: 1990 (first broadcast as part of Tales From the Brothers Grim)ĬAST: Kelly Mancini, Susan Tolbert, Brilane Bowman, Louise Anderson, Nancy Robinette, Mitchell Riggs, Tim WhiteĪWARDS: Houston International Film Festival, Gold Award National Educational Film and Video Festival, Gold Apple American Film Festival, Finalist Sinking Creek Film Festival, Honorable Mention CINE Golden Eagle Baltimore International Film Festival, Bronze Medal Columbus (OH) International Film Festival, Gold Award New York Exposition of Short Films & Videos, Juror Award American Library Association, Notable Film for Young Adults International Film & Television Festival of New York, Bronze Medal Rosebud Award, Washington, DC PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Folktale Film Group, Delaplane, VA Based on an Appalachian version of Cinderella, this drama is set in the rural South during the early years of World War II.