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New Video Series

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Something I have also been doing while on my residency in VT is making a series of videos related to saving Bolin Creek. I tried to wrap it all up before my Salmonfolk month began but I didn’t quite make it. It’s okay though. I made the time. I had to, because the notion to pave along Bolin Creek keeps coming up. I won’t go into all the details here because I am tired and have been editing Salmonfolk Radio Episode 8 while also trying to figure out where on Earth I am going to live next after I leave my current housesitting gig on June 4th lol.

I am just stopping by to drop this link https://bolinforestclimateaction.org/videos/

All the videos on that new website about saving Bolin Forest are ones that I put together. It’s always tempting to stop there…with the words “the ones that I put together”. But we all stand on other’s shoulders. All of our knowledge and hopefully some wisdom, usually is on loan from those who came before us. I don’t have a video if I don’t have an interview subject. All the ideas that I worked into the video series you see there, all came from locals who worked hard to acquire their knowledge. There is also deep institutional knowledge about the topic that only folks who have been around for decades can bring to bear. I am the one that synthesizes and streamlines all that into a single video or three…but when working with non-profits…on an important cause, I find that I get to see that village that everyone keeps saying is required.

I am quite proud to have been able to make videos that the group felt strongly enough about to place on their website. I hope the vids make a difference in the fight to Keep Bolin Creek Wild.

Screenshot of a portion of the page below:

Tech Check for the Premiere of Bolin Creek Unpaved

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Yesterday I did a tech check at the Arts Center, the venue where Bolin Creek Unpaved is premiering on Sunday the 15th.  Glad that I did too!  I have never done a screening before of a doc that was one I created…been to film festivals where  a film that I helped bring to the screen was showing, but I was never responsible for things like projection or tech stuff.  I recalled that at a screening at a film festival that they couldn’t get the sound to work for the longest time.  So I headed over to the Center to do a tech check just in case.  Lo and behold, the audio wouldn’t work.

The tech guys there were awesome.  They jumped on it, grabbing wires and ladders and checking every connection.  It took about 20 minutes to find the culprit…a loose connection on the overhead projector, which was about 18 feet up in the air.  So I can’t recommend enough presuming something will need fixing and going in early to get that squared away.

When I went in, the stage was also containing a set piece for a local play that was showing.  So we couldn’t lower the screen.  I just had them project onto the set piece anyway…made for a few cool pics.

Then later in the day I sat down with Julie McClintock of the Friends of Bolin Creek.  We were being interviewed by a local online newspaper regarding the premiere and the Friends of Bolin Creek in general.

All in all a very full day and it wasn’t even 3.