ALT Films records
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Scope and Contents
The ALT Films records date from 1981 to 2002 and measure 4.17 linear feet across eleven boxes. The records are arranged in seven series: THE AMERICAN COLLECTION, CORA UNASHAMED, THE SONG OF THE LARK, THE PONDER HEART, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, ALMOST A WOMAN, and BINDERS. The bulk of the collection deals with production documentation and script libraries from the five movies produced by ALT Films.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-2002
Creator
- Rees, Marian (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The records are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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Biographical / Historical
American Literature on Television (ALT) Films was founded by Marian Rees, Anne Hopkins, and Stephen Kulczycki in 1997 to create five films in The American Collection as a part of ExxonMobil’s television series on PBS, Masterpiece Theatre, in celebration of their 30th anniversary. ALT’s productions for The American Collection would air on PBS between 2000 and 2003. The series had additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the form of a website in partnership with the National Council of Teachers to allow thousands of educators to access their films for use in English classrooms across America. All films, per their agreement with ExxonMobil, would be produced in the US with American film talent including Regina Taylor, Peter MacNicol, James Cromwell, and many others. ALT Films would complete production and air all five films for The American Collection before funding to the program was eventually cut in 2005.
Extent
4.17 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
American film production company adapting famous works of American literature.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records (donor no. 378) were donated by Marian Rees in 2006.
- Author
- Andrew Newell, 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu