Ohio represents us all. In both its dramatic history and its astonishing diversity today, Ohio closely describes the vast, complicated, and turbulent place called America. So it is that this film will be the history of a place characterized by the ordinary pursuit of a good life – but a place that’s also given frequent birth to extraordinary people, who have done nothing less than change the world.

The dramatic story of Ohio history is remarkably like a small-scale history of the United States as a whole. For Ohio has followed with great precision all of the grand movements of American history. But at times Ohio has done more than trace the American pattern; at times, too, Ohio has helped create that history, and the America we have today.

The film is a mix of the state's colorful history and real life in Ohio today, a mix of odd, funny moments and the great sweep of events, a mix of famous people and a myriad of typical Ohioans, a mix of scenes in the gritty or glittering cities juxtaposed against the lyrical landscapes or bare-bones existence out in the country. Ohio is nothing if not diverse, and our film will reflect its almost infinite variety in every way.

The viewer will see life as it is lived in farming communities -- in the inner city -- in suburban shopping malls and tiny towns. A central theme of the film is that in its diversity and in its history, Ohio truly represents America; so it is that in our film, we will represent Ohio -- truly, deeply, and in a deeply entertaining way.

Regional Emmy for Special Program, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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