“TWO DAYS in October,” the documentary film based on Madison author David Maraniss’s acclaimed 2003 book, “They Marched Into Sunlight,” has won a Peabody Award, widely considered the most prestigious award in electronic media.
….Maraniss served as “senior consultant” for the film, which, like the book, focuses on two days in October 1967 in two very different locales – Vietnam, where a fierce battle was taking place, and Madison, where the anti-war movement on the UW-Madison campus was reaching its peak.
“Two Days in October” was produced and directed by Robby Kenner for the “American Experience” series on PBS. The executive producer of “American Experience,” Mark Samels, is himself a UW-Madison grad.