Samples & Rough Cuts
Rough Cuts and Sample Clips of Staunton's Black Community leaders, advocates, and elders
What We Lost Community Event
This is a rough cut from the, What We Lost event, hosted by local black/African American community advocacy group, Building Bridges. It's goal was to show the black history, businesses, buildings, and legacies that were lost due to Urban Renewal on Central Avenue in downtown Staunton, VA.
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Meet Mr. Ophie Kier
This is a first rough cut of our sit down interview with Mr. Ophie Kier. We learn some of his background, involvement in the community, black history along Central Avenue, and other personal experiences and views as a elder who has lived before and after Jim Crow in Staunton.
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The New Latino Tenants of Central Avenue
Meet Gonzo
This is a sample clip including segments of Gonzo’s first sit down interview, and vérité of the events following the flood in August 2020.
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Meet Gloria & John
This is a sample clip walking through the construction of the new Gloria Pupusaria restaurant location after the original location was destroyed by the 2020 flood.
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Meet Justin Hershey
This is a sample clip including a segment of Justin’s sit down interview, and vérité at the pottery studio where he makes ceramics in his spare time.
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Additional Sample Footage and Rough Cuts
Video Projection Luminaries
Proof of Concept/Real World Test
This is a real world test and proof of concept of our video projection mapping "luminaries" that we'll be doing in locations where former black owned business, homes were located along the Central Avenue corridor where community members can observer and interaction in real life. We will perform this projection on 3-5 locations in the evening as a pop-up interpretive art installation while filming peoples reactions to include in the film.