"The Barn Raisers" Screens in Empire, MI November 17

Michigan Barn Preservation Network president Steve Stier talks with The Barn Raisers' producer Tammy Rundle during filming in Michigan.

Empire, Michigan will be the location for a free screening of the award-winning documentary The Barn Raisers  on Friday, November 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Empire Township Hall, 10088 W. Front Street.  The event is hosted by the Michigan Barn Preservation Network and the Glen Lake Community Library.  A Q&A will follow the film.

The evening will also include an update on the new Leelanau County Historic Preservation Society and its efforts to save the Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn.

For more information about the event, contact the Michigan Barn Preservation Network.

The Leelanau County Poor Farm Barn. Image courtesy Detroit Free Press.

The Barn Raisers tells the story of barns in the Midwest by examining them through the lens of architecture.  The film explores what building methods, barn styles, and materials tell us about the people who built them, the life they lived, and the role these “country cathedrals” played in the settling and building of the Nation.  The Barn Raisers is a companion film to Kelly and Tammy Rundles’ Emmy® nominated historical documentary Country School: One Room – One Nation.

The Barn Raisers was partially funded by grants from Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Michigan Barn Preservation Network, the Ohio Humanities Council, the National Barn Alliance, and the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Moline Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Jackson County.  Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this documentary film and program do not necessarily reflect those of the organizations.

The Rundles, of Fourth Wall Films, are the producers of the regional Emmy® nominated historical documentaries Country School: One Room – One Nation, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6, and Letters Home to Hero Street (co-produced with WQPT-PBS).

To order a copy of The Barn Raisers DVD, click HERE!