Elizabeth McKinsey,Maxine H. and Winston R. Wallin Professor of American Studies and English, Emerita, was interviewed in late July in Lockport, New York, for a documentary film being made by Toward Castle Films titled, America’s Stairway, on the flight of five locks constructed in Lockport to bring the Erie Canal to completion, up and over the escarpment over which Niagara Falls flows. She enjoyed recalling her research on Niagara Falls and the role the Canal played in opening it to mass tourism. The film will be released in 2025.