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Meet the Documentary Team: Cynthia “Jeans” Lopez
Listen to this post: When I first met Cheryl, we were both graduate students working on a literacy research project at Portland State University. I left that research position, in part due to my fear of laminated badges, and over the next few years I worked toward becoming an ethnographic researcher and/or visual anthropologist. But…
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Personal stories, not education
Listen to this post: Cynthia, my filmmaker, was talking with some fans of documentary film. When she told one this new project will be focused on artists with brain injuries, here was the response she got: “Oh! So it’s going to be an educational film?” Well… not really. She explained it’ll be a documentary with…
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How do you tell someone else’s story?
Listen to this post: If you’ve been to my other site (now found at www.StoryMinders.com) you might have seen a glowing endorsement of the documentary film “Marwencol.” I keep a running list of stories and arts by people with brain injuries on that site. Rarely do I want to watch any movie more than once,…
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Golden Moon Media, filmmaker
Listen to this post: Cynthia Lopez of Golden Moon Media and I have worked together for many years. She was my boss at Portland State University when we studied literacy and lifelong learning. Then she was my coworker when we studied how older adults in assisted living facilities feel about where they live. And now…
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What happens before you make a documentary?
Listen to this post: Some folks have asked how the film is going. I share your enthusiasm! I don’t have much to show for progress at this point, though. So you might be wondering what we’re working on at this point. A lot of pre-planning goes into a documentary film. Step one is that I…