River to River

"River to River" airs on WQPT-PBS September 15

Three days before the annual River to River Retro Road Trip was to be held, the Emmy® nominated documentary film River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6, produced by award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, will air on WQPT-PBS on Tuesday, September 15 at 11:00 p.m.

The Board of Directors of the Historic US 6 Iowa Association plan to "Hit the Highway Safely" on September 18th-20th, driving from Davenport to Council Bluffs, and hope others will cruise Iowa's Historic Route 6 on their own or in small groups.  

Inspired by the research and photography of Dave Darby, former executive director of the Iowa Division of the Route 6 Tourist Association, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, historic sites and roadside attractions that line Iowa’s U.S. Highway 6.  Iowa’s portion of the transcontinental Route 6 has a past that includes Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew, Jack Kerouac, the Great Race Across Iowa, and others.

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 was funded in part by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area and the National Endowment for the Humanities through the documentary’s fiscal sponsor, The Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association.

The Rundles are the producers of the regional Emmy® nominated historical documentaries Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City, Country School: One Room – One Nation,  and Letters Home to Hero Street (co-produced with WQPT-PBS).

To purchase Fourth Wall Films'  Emmy-nominated River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 or other award-winning documentaries on DVD, click HERE!

You can also get the River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 DVD at the Wilton Candy Kitchen in Wilton, Iowa right on Historic Route 6!

Rundles Celebrate Ten Years & Ten Films In Quad Cities With WQPT Broadcasts & Screenings

March 2017 marks the 10 year anniversary of documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle’s move from Los Angeles to the Quad Cities. Ten films and three Mid-America Emmy® nominations later, their new documentary The Barn Raisers will have its broadcast premiere on WQPT-PBS on Sunday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m. followed by a special broadcast of their Emmy® nominated River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6  at 10:00 p.m.

The film is also set to screen at the Scott County Library-Eldridge, 200 N 6th Ave, Eldridge, IA on Monday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m.  The Rundles will take part in Q&A following the FREE screening.

“This is a great way to celebrate ten wonderful years in the Quad Cities,” said Tammy Rundle.  “We are always grateful and honored to have our broadcast premieres on WQPT-PBS.”

Inspired by the research and photography of Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa Division of the Route 6 Tourist Association, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, historic sites and roadside attractions that line Iowa’s U.S. Highway 6..  Iowa’s portion of the transcontinental Route 6 has a past that includes Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew, Jack Kerouac, the Great Race Across Iowa, and others.

“We have come full circle,” Tammy said. “To have our documentary films airing and screening in the Quad Cities as we celebrate our ten-year anniversary seems fitting.”

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 was funded in part by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area and the National Endowment for the Humanities through the documentary’s fiscal sponsor, The Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association.

The Rundles 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).

WQPT-Quad Cities PBS Premieres "River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6" in March

River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6, the new documentary by Emmy nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films,  is a Featured Program on WQPT-Quad Cities PBS and will have its broadcast premiere on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m.  The film shows again on Sunday, March 13 at 4:30 p.m., March 14 12:00 a.m., and March 16 at 2:30 a.m.

Mary Pruess, WQPT-Quad Cities PBS General Manager, wrote in her monthly message: 

"This month WQPT brings you some of the best work of our local filmmakers with the premiere of Fourth Wall Films’ River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 and If You Only Knew from the team at Mickle Communications. As your local public television station, we feel it is important to focus on our stories—our community—our issues. We are very fortunate to work with these home-grown filmmakers and showcase their work on WQPT."

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 guides viewers on a nostalgic classic car journey through yesterday’s soda shops, filling stations, general stores, drive-ins, historic sites and roadside attractions that line Iowa’s U.S. Highway 6.  Iowa’s portion of the transcontinental Route 6 has a past that includes Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James, Nancy Drew, Jack Kerouac, the Great Race Across Iowa, and others.

The film, which has been delighting capacity crowds at its showings in towns along Route 6, was inspired by the research and photography of Dave Darby, Executive Director of the Iowa Division of the Route 6 Tourist Association.

River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6 was funded in part by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area and the National Endowment for the Humanities through the documentary’s fiscal sponsor, The Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association. 

If you are not a member of WQPT-Quad Cities PBS, it's Pledge Month and the perfect time to subscribe and support public television! Visit http://www.wqpt.org/support/ to learn more.

For more information about the Iowa U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association, visit http://usroute6iowa.org/.  For information about the national U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association visit http://www.route6tour.com/.

To order your copy of the River to River: Iowa's Forgotten Highway 6 DVD, click HERE!