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Gee's Bend Becomes Bestseller
After The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend aired nationally on PBS, it became the number one selling home-video for PBS, and remained in the top-ten for more than a month.


New Impact of Documentaries
In the past 10 years alone, the following documentary channels were born: History Channel, Biography Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, The Military History Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, The Science Channel, Military Channel,as well as countless others. Discover why APT documentaries have impact!

Help Us Tell the Story
There are hundreds of stories in Alabama, help us tell them to the world. We are looking for supporters and sponsors who wish to be associated with quality, trustworthy, documentary films.
2008 Alabama Music Hall of Fame's2008 Alabama Music Hall of Fame's 12th Induction Ceremony

The Stars Shine in Alabama! The 2008 Alabama Music Hall of Fame Induction hosted by Randy Owens is coming April 14 to Alabama Public Television!

   Recent Productions
WW2: Alabama RemembersWW II: Alabama Remembers

We are looking for stories of both Alabama soldiers and civilians who were alive during WWII and have poignant memories of the war.

Mr. Dial Has Something to SayMr. Dial Has Something to Say

This film examines the life and work of Mr. Thornton Dial and other gifted African-American Southern artists.

Sisters of SelmaSisters of Selma
In 1965, a handful of Catholic sisters came to the city of Selma to help the oppressed, the African American citizens of the South, fight for their civil rights.
Thornton DialThornton Dial
The 20 minute documentary, Thornton Dial, examines the extraordinary life and work of this contemporary artist from Bessemer, Alabama.  Born in Emelle, Dial is a former migrant farmer and steel worker who neither reads nor writes, and has never formally trained as an artist.  Yet art critics call him genius.
Justive without ViolenceJustice without Violence
The story of the now legendary Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956. Locally engineered by the African American community, this nonviolent protest to end bus segregation inspired a new era in freedom and human rights struggles around the globe.
The Alabama Ballet:The Alabama Ballet:
The Making of Romeo and Juliet

Over six weeks, APT's cameras captured days of extreme fatigue, tension, frustration--even humorous moments--as the dancers prepared an infamously arduous piece.

The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend
This documentary explores the extraordinary lives and history of the women of Gee's Bend as they embark on a poignant and often comical bus journey to see their quilts exhibited at a major museum.

Daniel Wallace

Daniel Wallace:
Inspirations of a Writer

Go inside the mind of the author of Big Fish and discover why his inspiration for stories remains in his Alabama roots.