Six-time Emmy-award winner Martin Zied, a 1974 graduate of Penn State Abington, will host a public screening of his new documentary on October 25 at 7:00pm in the Woodland Building at PSU Abington. A pre-reception will begin at 6:30pm, and a question-and-answer session will follow the screening.

Zied’s 75-minute film, “Voice Messages,” focuses on the power and beauty of the human voice. The documentary includes sound effects guru Michael Winslow, impressionist/comedian Billy West, voiceover artist Andromeda Dunker, Grammy Award winners Linda Ronstadt, Vince Gill and Lalah Hathaway, as well as the a cappella group Take 6. 

Zied spent more than eight years developing the documentary while teaching at PSU Abington.   

“It’s ironic that I am teaching speech communications at Abington because I took the same class when I was a student here,” Zied said. “The skills I learned stayed with me in my professional career, and it helped me to become comfortable speaking in front of groups of people, which I did often.”

The film is dedicated to Ross Brinkert, a faculty colleague of Zied’s at PSU Abington who passed away in 2020. 

For more on Zied’s career and documentary, you can visit PSU Abington News’ article here. To RSVP for the screening, you can click here.