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The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

Our new film, “The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights” will be broadcast nationally on PBS in 2023.

The Niagara movement, a one-hour documentary, is a Production of WNED PBS and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc.  It is produced and directed by Lawrence Hott, edited by Rikk Desgres, written by Ken Chowder and music composed and performed by Robert Toteras.  John Grant and Donald K. Boswell are executive producers for WNED.

The Warrior Tradition

Our film, “The Warrior Tradition,” was broadcast on PBS on Veterans Day, November 11, 2019.


The Warrior Tradition, a one-hour documentary, is a co-production of WNED-TV, Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. It was produced and directed by Lawrence Hott, Edited by Rikk Desgres, and written by Ken Chowder. John Grant is executive producer for WNED.

SciTech Band: Pride of Springfield

SciTech Band: Bonus Backstage at Winterfest

SciTech Band: Bonus Expectations

SciTech Band: Bonus What We Need to Make a Band

SciTech Band: Bonus Gary the Pirate

Rising Voices

North America by Design

Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America

The American Antiquarian Society

The War of 1812

American Masters John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature



Through Deaf Eyes

The Return of the Cuyahoga

Writing Alone and With Others

The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced

Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness and Survival

Divided Highways

The Boyhood of John Muir

Sentimental Women Need Not Apply

Wild by Law

Additional films from Florentine Films/Hott Productions:


Ohio: 200 Years (2003)

Niagara Falls: The Changing Nature of a New World Symbol (1985)

Niagara Falls (2006)

The American Civil Liberties Union

The People’s Plague: Tuberculosis in America

The Wilderness Idea

The Adirondacks

The Old Quabbin Valley