November 10, 1999
SCENES from Baylor University's campus, student life, classrooms, festivities and heritage are featured on a new documentary called "A Most Significant Journey" produced by the university. The HDTV-format film will premiere this week.
Baylor to premiere
documentary in new HDTV format
___WACO--Baylor University will premiere a new documentary this week that is believed to be the first university-produced documentary using the new high-definition television technology.
___More than 120 people worked on the 38-minute production, which will have its first public showing Nov. 12 in Jones Concert Hall on the Waco campus. Showings arescheduled for 6, 8 and 10 p.m.
___The campus screenings of "A Most Significant Journey" will be projected onto an 18-foot by 32-foot custom-built screen.
___The documentary, which features candid interviews with Baylor President Robert Sloan and others as well as various scenes of campus life, was produced by Fred Miller of Austin and the Dallas-based HD Vision Inc.
___After the Waco premiere, the documentary will go on a year-long tour. Scheduled screenings include Austin's Paramount Theater, Jan. 25; Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Feb. 29; Houston's Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, March 21; National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., May 2. Dates are pending for screenings in Los Angeles, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Kansas City and Nashville, Tenn.
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