Vogelsang’s fall chronicled in trailer for Arnett-produced documentary

The trailer for a documentary about a former Winnipeg television anchor who pleaded guilty to robbing several banks was released Wednesday.

The feature on former broadcaster and college instructor Steve Vogelsang is called The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg. The trailer shows he was once given that title by the alternative weekly newspaper Uptown.

The documentary, narrated and produced by Canadian comedic actor Will Arnett, will debut in Canada on Prime Video on May 9, the streaming service said.

Several current and former local journalists — including Free Press writer Melissa Martin and longtime TV sports reporters Peter Young and Lisa Bowes — appear in the trailer, recounting their surprise at learning Vogelsang had been arrested for a string of robberies.

The documentary is co-directed by Charlie Siskel and Ben Daughtrey. Siskel was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for Finding Vivian Maier, which was released in 2014.

Vogelsang, divorced and facing money problems, robbed multiple banks in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta between July and October 2017.

He was sports anchor at CKY, which became CTV Winnipeg, and later became the station’s news director. He left to become an instructor in the creative communications program at what was then called Red River College in 2002 and worked there until 2011. He left for British Columbia with his then-wife, moved back to Manitoba in 2014 and returned to teaching at the college.