Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The latest documentary from Dayton’s filmmaking powerhouse duo Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert will make its national debut tonight, Monday Feb. 1.
“9 To 5: The Story of a Movement” is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Feb. 1 on PBS. For more information on watching the film and finding your local PBS listing, visit pbs.org.
The film, a full-length documentary, is about the fight for women’s equality in the U.S. workplace. It premiered in Dayton in October to a packed audience at Dixie Twin Drive-In.
“Last night far exceeded our hopes for what could happen during this pandemic,” said “9 To 5” directors Reichert and Bognar in a joint statement, following the local premiere. “Hundreds of people socially distanced on a warm summer-like night in late October, with a wonderful energy in the air. It was so much fun, kind of goofy to do it in the drive-in but also there was a magic to seeing that projector beam under the night sky and the stars. We are so grateful to everyone who came.”
Tonight, the film’s audience will be far broader.
The “9 To 5” team spent nearly a decade following up on tips about people they should interview and stories they should explore, as well as digging through archives across the country and ultimately fine-tuning every last detail of the project.
