Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation to host virtual event around new PBS film about ‘Wizard of Oz’ writer
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Posted Apr 15, 2021
Central New York native L. Frank Baum wrote the children s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation will be partnering with PBS on Tuesday night, April 20, for a special virtual event surrounding one of the most beloved stories in American literature.
Following the premier the night before of “American Oz,” a new documentary about Central New York native L. Frank Baum, the author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the Gage Center will hold a Zoom Q&A with filmmakers Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heater Strain, who together wrote, directed and produced the film for PBS’ “American Experience” series.