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Members in the local band, Beautiful Kingdom, recently earned Emmy recognition after they were featured in a PBS Postcards feature that aired in April.
Emmy award-winning director Dana Conroy saw Beautiful Kingdom’s livestream Buffalo Days performance at Take 16 in 2021 and approached the band about filming for Postcards that summer.
She and her crew spent an afternoon in late July filming with the band at the home of Doug Bos and Lynette Stensland, parents of band member Matthew Stensland-Bos.
“We worked closely with the director and crew to assist in conceptualizing certain shots,” he said.
In addition to providing the rural Stensland-Bos farmstead setting, the band contributed collectively to interviews, provided the music for the soundtrack, and created the audio setup and mix for the live-recorded songs.
“We also provided edited footage from our gigs during our first two years as a band, from Luverne shows to our headlining show at the Levitt in Sioux Falls last year,” Stensland-Bos said.
The 10-minute episode features the band’s music and a “heartfelt story of unbreakable friendship.”
It can be viewed on YouTube under “Beautiful Kingdom: Where Love Takes the Lead.”
The Emmy award is for Conroy and PBS, but the band is credited, and each of them will receive a trophy.
“This is such a special win, both for how much we gave over so many years to make something like this happen, and for what a wonderful way it shows our music and our message,” Stensland-Bos said
“We've gotten so many supportive comments from people around Luverne and around the world about how much the episode and music touched their hearts. We couldn’t be more grateful for how this all turned out, and this award is kind of just the cherry on top.”