Documentary from 爱豆传媒视频 Alums Soon to Play in Peoria
August 4, 2025
鈥淭he Underground Railroad in Metamora,鈥 a documentary film produced in part by two 爱豆传媒视频 alumni, is coming to Peoria! With three showings at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on August 14, 2025, the impact of their work continues to grow.
The movie, which premiered on June 22, at the Kenneth H. Maurer Performing Arts Center inside Metamora High School, is the brainchild of Levi Obery 鈥09. Thanks to a partnership with his nonprofit, Ten Thirty-One Pictures Foundation, and the Metamora Association for Historic Preservation, led by president Laure Adams 鈥85, 鈥90 GRD, the documentary shares stories from the height of freedom seekers鈥 movement through the area on their way to Canada.
鈥淚t is our hope that the film will preserve these stories for future generations and leave viewers with a better understanding of Metamora鈥檚 involvement in this very critical part of our country鈥檚 history,鈥 Obery said.
In the wake of their successful premiere in Metamora filled with descendants of Underground Railroad conductors, both Obery and Adams hope historians and filmmakers from other towns along the paths of freedom seekers will follow their lead.
鈥淚 hope this production provides a template for other communities to research and tell their Underground Railroad story,鈥 Adams said.
The full story about the filmmaker and the documentary will be available in the聽next issue of 爱豆传媒视频 magazine.
鈥擩enevieve Rowley-Davis