Scott Siepker - Kinnick THE MOVIE

The Moonlight Graham Show

This week things get really nice on the podcast. That’s right, the Iowa Nice Guy, filmmaker, actor, and Moonlighter Scott Siepker returns to the pod to talk about his new feature-length documentary film, Kinnick. Scott and Tim take the pod outdoors for an early fall evening conversation about Nile Kinnick and the years-long journey that Siepker set out on to tell the famous Iowan’s story.

Nile Kinnick’s name lives on in Iowa sports with the connection to the home of the Iowa Hawkeye football team. Each week it seems the tv broadcast either shows the players walking into the stadium near his statue outside of the south endzone, or the bronze statue of Kinnick is shown surrounded by hordes of fans in black and gold entering through the south gates. But the story of Nile Kinnick is about much more than the Heisman Trophy and playing for the Hawkeyes.

Siepker began the process of creating the documentary about Kinnick several years ago. He started his own film company and had to learn on the job as he funded, researched, and created the film from start to finish. The story of Nile Kinnick is genuinely incredible and something that all Iowans can take pride in, regardless of their hometown or Cy-Hawk allegiance.

Among Siepker’s current and future projects, the story of Jack Trice is one that Siepker also plans to share in a documentary. Kinnick is showing at the Palms in Waukee and will show in Iowa City and other Iowa theaters.