March 31, 2014

'Medora' Documents Small-Town Life Through High School Basketball

Don Hibschweiler
'Medora' Documents Small-Town Life Through High School Basketball

WFYI's Don Hibschweiler talks with director Andrew Cohn about his film "Medora," a documentary that follows the down-but-not-out Medora Hornets varsity basketball team over the course of the 2011 season in Southern Indiana, capturing the players’ stories both on and off the court. 

"Medora" airs Monday, March 31 at 10 p.m. on WFYI 1.

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