Doors open at 6:00 PM
Show starts at 7:00 PM
Film duration: 57 minutes
Q&A after: 30 minutes (or less)

The Trinity River in Texas is not as well understood as many other major American rivers, and so its importance – even for the millions of people who depend upon it – is easy to underestimate. Nevertheless, the Trinity is the main contributor of fresh water to Galveston Bay, one of the largest and most important estuarial ecosystems in the United States. Along its path to the sea, the river sustains the lives of millions of people who live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, Houston and the heartland in between.

Rob Tranchin is a senior producer, writer and director of documentaries and outreach specials for KERA, where he also serves as executive producer for content.  His national productions for PBS include Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (co-written and produced with Kay Cattarulla), Roy Bedichek's Vanishing Frontier, Wildcatter (for American Experience), Who Cares about Kids? with poet and author Maya Angelou, For a Deaf Son, and Peacemaker. In 1999, Tranchin won a national Emmy Award as writer and co-producer of KERA's four-part, nationally-televised PBS series The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848). In 2000, Tranchin was nominated for another national Emmy Award as writer and co-producer of KERA's documentary Matisse & Picasso, a compelling portrait of two giants of 20th century art. He is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University, and has lived and traveled extensively in Japan, where he worked as an assistant director to the Japanese film director Imamura Shohei.

Directions to KERA:

From the north-
1.  Take the Dallas North Tollway south to its end, and take the left fork (Harry Hines Boulevard).
2.  After crossing under the Katy Trail, turn left on Wolf Street (first traffic light).
3.  Turn left on Harwood Street.
4.  Turn left into KERA's parking lot.

From the south-
1. From Woodall Rodgers Freeway, head north on Pearl Street.
2. After crossing Cedar Springs Road, take the right fork onto McKinnon Street.
3. Turn left on Wolf Street.
4. Turn right on Harwood Street.
5. Turn left into KERA's parking lot.