documentaries

Historic Buildings of Iowa: Cedar Rapids takes viewers on a journey through the architecture, culture and history intertwined throughout the buildings in Iowa's City of Five Seasons. Through extensive indoor filming, aerial perspectives, and in-depth interviews, Iowa PBS presents a definitive look at multiple buildings in Iowa's second-largest city of Cedar Rapids. Featured structures include:...

This collection from Iowa Public Television’s Caucus Iowa: Journey to the Presidency documentary explores how Iowa became the political epicenter and first major electoral event for the United States presidential nomination process. Since 1972, the event has drawn increasing media attention and has become a test of candidates’ ability to attract and organize supporters. This political rite of...

The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art houses the hometown work of an iconic American artist. Grant Wood’s legacy and workplace are embedded inside the structures still present in downtown Cedar Rapids.

The legendary Paramount Theatre has been rebuilt to its original glory even after it was ravaged by floodwaters. The downtown Cedar Rapids structure began as a 1920s showcase for traveling performers, then a grand movie theater before its rebirth as an ambassador for the arts.