WORLD’S GREATEST FAIR FILMMAKERS AWARDED RECOGNITION
2005 GOVERNOR’S HUMANITIES AWARD IN COMMUITY HERITAGE

Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano have been selected to receive a 2005 Governor’s Humanities Community Heritage Award, conferred by the Missouri Humanities Council. This award recognizes a special contribution to a community’s understanding of its heritage.

Their feature-length documentary film, The World’s Greatest Fair, had its World Premiere with a sold-out audience of 4,500 people at the St. Louis’ historic Fox Theatre, and received a rave four-star review from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The film went on to a summer and fall of sold-out screenings at both the St. Louis International Film Festival and at the Missouri History Museum, and was broadcast locally by KMOV-TV, St. Louis. The film was also provided for a fundraiser to benefit the Audrain County Historical Society in Mexico, MO—one of the providers of photos for the film.

The documentary is an in-depth view of a defining moment in St. Louis history which features hundreds of never-before-seen images, the first high definition transfer of rare film footage of The Fair, and interviews with nationally recognized historians.

Co-directors/producers Huegerich and Miano, along with 150 volunteers, spent over a year and a half carefully crafting this wonderful documentary. Through months of research, digital scanning, restoration of hundreds of rare images from the archives of the Missouri Historical Society, and many long hours of editing, the production team tirelessly worked with one goal in mind—to preserve the history of the 1904 World’s Fair and reach national audiences of all ages and from all walks of life.

Since 1971, the Missouri Humanities Council has provided thousands of programs to help Missourians enjoy a rich cultural life and develop community citizenship. Our mission is to enable families and communities to broaden their appreciation of history, literature, and the ideas that shape our democracy. Our programs include: READ from the START, family reading initiative; Chautauqua, community celebration of history: Charettes, consulting for local museums & cultural institutions; Museum on Main Street rural initiative of the Smithsonian Institution; as well as Grants and Initiatives to fund locally generated programs.

To learn more about the Governor’s Humanities Awards, this year’s honorees, or to nominate someone for the 2006 Public Involvement, Community Heritage, Excellence in Secondary Education, or Book Awards, please visit our website, www.mohumanities.org.

MHC is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Federal agency.