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WGCU Local Productions

WGCU Local Productions

Programs featured here are special topic documentaries produced by WGCU. They are inspired by our mission to enrich the lives of our citizens and strengthen the social, democratic, and cultural health of our region by fostering personal growth, celebrating human diversity and motivating community engagement.

WGCU Local Productions is a local public television program presented by WGCU-PBS

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Jackson Street House Renovation

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Listen to stories and memories of a century-old home renovation in downtown Ft. Myers, FL. (6m 22s)

Naples Free Clinic Serves LGBTQ+ Community

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The Naples Pride Center has added a walk-in medical clinic to its offerings... (1m 12s)

Baby Gators Are Hatching | Gatorama Annual Hatching Festival

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Since 1997 Palmdale, FL hosts an annual hatching festival, Gatorama... (3m 5s)

Caladium Festival 2021 - Lake Placid, Florida

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WGCU visits Lake Placid, Florida for the Caladium Festival 2021. (1m 43s)

Silver King: The Birth of Big Game Fishing

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The history of Big Game fishing. (56m 46s)

Southwest Florida's Mangrove Coast

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A documentary of the 40-year history of Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. (56m 40s)

Mullet & Mangroves

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Mullets & Mangroves: The History of Pioneer Families of Cayo Costa in Southwest Florida (27m)

In Irma's Wake

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This program chronicles the efforts to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Irma. (26m 46s)

FGCU at 20: The Beginning

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The making of Florida Gulf Coast University. (26m 47s)

Reading, Writing & Civil Rights: Enduring Impacts

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Southwest Florida leaders reflect on the unintended consequences of school desegregation. (26m 46s)

Preserving Our Waters

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A look at the 50-year history of the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. (26m 46s)

Paradise Reef

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This film follows a visionary’s quest to create 36 artificial reefs along FL's coast. (56m 49s)

Mullet: A Tale of Two Fish

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Trash fish or treasure? (56m 46s)

Building Green: Seeking Sustainability in Southwest Florida

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Two of SWFL's biggest businesses & FGCU have emerged as leaders in sustainability. (26m 46s)

Raining 3s

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FGCU Women’s Basketball enters the 2015 season as a serious NCAA competitor. (26m 46s)

Gulf Coast LIFE!

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Magazine show produced by WGCU News featuring Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast. (28m)

Reading, Writing & Civil Rights

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Several Southwest Florida residents share their memories of school desegregation. (26m 46s)

Hertz: Road to Paradise

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The Hertz Corporation made regional history in 2013 by choosing Estero for its global HQ. (26m 44s)

The Dunk City Effect

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Forever to be remembered as the year the FGCU Eagles truly won status as the hometown team (26m 46s)

Pink Gold Rush

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After they discovered it by accident in the dark of night, the Pink Gold Rush was on. (56m 46s)

Dunk City: We Are FGCU

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The history-making 15th seed FGCU Eagles’ run to the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen. (26m 44s)

Full Measure A Veterans' Story

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Young Americans face vexing challenges upon returning home from combat. (26m 46s)

Long Ride Home

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Long Ride Home takes a look at the role SWFL residents played in desegregation. (26m 47s)

Hemingway in Cuba

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How the Cuban culture influenced the work of Hemingway. (57m 28s)

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