Sleeping Bear Film Nabs Prize, To Air On PBS
By Ross Boissoneau | June 25, 2025
While the legendary mama bear and her cubs rest peacefully beneath the sands of Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Manitou Islands, their spirits are alive and well. Keith Patterson celebrates it in his new documentary The Spirit of Sleeping Bear.
Subtitled Awaken Your Spirit, it features historical footage and photos, interviews with local historians, and contemporary footage of people enjoying the dunes, trails and waters. It recently nabbed the top prize at the Central Michigan University Film Festival for Best Michigan-Made Feature Documentary. Next up: showings on PBS, though when it will be aired and on which PBS stations is still to be determined. “I’m also …
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