Over its 100 year history, the Minnesota advertising community has
grown from a few tiny shops servicing local businesses and used car
dealerships to world class agencies developing award-winning campaigns
to sell products worldwide. This video, created for the 100th
anniversary of the Advertising Federation of Minnesota, looks at the
communities’ humble beginnings using interviews with
federation founders and a look back at some memorable ad campaigns.
In a video
created to celebrate the power of advertising at the 100 year
anniversary of Ad Fed, Producer/Director Bob Hammel goes to the Mall of
America to find out what the public really thinks about the omnipresent
ads created to influence their choices.
What
happens when a group of people who love flamenco get together? Colette
Illarde, a flamenco dancer in the Twin Cities and winner of the 2006
McKnight Fellowship for Dance, stars in a short piece designed to
promote the flamenco and outreach to the community.