Join Emmy award winning history documentary producer/directors from Twin Cities PBS, Kevin Dragseth and Leya Hale, to learn about storytelling, structure, archival resources, and editing tips and tricks to create content that brings the past to life.

Q & A to follow.

Leya Hale (Dakota/Diné), Producer
TPT - Twin Cities PBS

Leya Hale comes from the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Diné Nations. She is a multiple regional Emmy award-winning documentary producer for Twin Cities PBS. Her work brings visibility to Indigenous lifeways and issues impacting her community. She is best known for her feature films, The People’s Protectors and Bring Her Home, both distributed by PBS. In 2020, Leya was awarded the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists and Bring Her Home was selected to represent the US at INPUT 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. When not producing features, Leya works on a variety of short-form content in efforts to highlight underrepresented stories within the upper Midwest region.  Photo Credit: Brett Dorrian Benedict

Kevin Dragseth, Senior Producer
TPT - Twin Cities PBS

Kevin Dragseth has been creating story-driven, human-centered media for more than 25 years. Specializing in documentary style and multicultural storytelling, Dragseth seeks out under-told stories and under-heard voices. He has been producing at Twin Cities PBS since 2015, and in that time has produced films on a wide range of issues including childhood trauma, housing justice, science and technology, historical documentaries, and scores of short-form work in Somali, Hmong, Spanish and other languages. Dragseth has four children and two grandchildren and enjoys mentoring the next generation of storytellers to share their gifts with the world.