Now Available on DVD!
Available for streaming in Spring 2024
Resurrecting Forest Grove
Resurrecting Forest Grove, a new documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, cinematically tells the dramatic true story behind the seemingly impossible task of restoring the Forest Grove one-room school to its 1920s appearance.
Footage and interviews gathered over seven years depict the problems they faced and the solutions they employed as they attempted to bring this rural icon back to life. The surprises and successes of this challenging restoration project are intercut with a vivid historical portrait of the ‘Roaring 20s’ in rural America.
“Resurrecting Forest Grove” premiered in Fall 2023 for Forest Grove’s 150th Anniversary Celebration.
It is now available for purchase on DVD at forestgrovemovie.com and will be available for streaming in Spring 2024 at fourthwallfilms.com.
Remembering Forest Grove
“Remembering Forest Grove”, a museum film produced by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, received the top Award of Excellence from the Iowa Motion Picture Association in the Education category on May 14, 2022.
The film was nominated and received an Emmy in the Education Short Form Content category on Oct. 29, 2022.
The 10-minute film highlights the history of education in the nation, one-room schools in Iowa, on-camera interviews with former teachers and students of Forest Grove, and concludes with a visual summary of the successful seven-year restoration spearheaded by our local dedicated volunteers.
The film is available to view exclusively at the schoolhouse