PBS Station to Air Documentary Produced by Peter Quandt

2015 Oct 1

Peter Quandt, a recent graduate documentary studies and production major from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, produced "If There's a Will," a documentary set to air on PBS station WCNY on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 11 p.m.

If There's a Will tells the story of Will Shishmanian, a transgender man and recent graduate of Ithaca College finding his way in New York City.

Quandt produced "If There's a Will" as a project for "TVR Nonfiction Production, " a course focused on documentary production.

TVR 29900 Nonfiction Production, taught by John Scott, is an intermediate-level documentary production course that emphasizes the production skills, storytelling concepts, and legal and ethical framework for successful documentary productions. The course also explores stylistic approaches to the genre, concepts related to the documentary maker's "voice" within his or her work, subgenres within the documentary format, and distribution, fund-raising, and research strategies.