Sound Spring (in-process)
Still of Chuck Williams in a freeze, from Sound Spring Seq. #3: The Old Union at Antioch College
USA, 8K, ~120min, ongoing
Residents of Yellow Springs, Ohio narrate their personal entanglements with its larger history.
I conducted audio interviews with the villagers several months before shooting.
Interviewees later lip-synced to the recordings of their voices on camera.
Every story told comprises various layers of time.
Some residents trace their roots six generations to the Conway Colony--
formerly enslaved people who were helped to settle here by the abolitionist son of their slaver.
Antioch College is one of the most experimental liberal arts schools in the country.
Due to financial turmoil, its once 2,500 students today number 100 and empty buildings abound.
Its illustrious alumni include Coretta Scott King, who eventually transferred as she wasn't able to
carry out her internships where she wanted to because of racism.
formerly enslaved people who were helped to settle here by the abolitionist son of their slaver.
Antioch College is one of the most experimental liberal arts schools in the country.
Due to financial turmoil, its once 2,500 students today number 100 and empty buildings abound.
Its illustrious alumni include Coretta Scott King, who eventually transferred as she wasn't able to
carry out her internships where she wanted to because of racism.
Produced by Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Matthew Morgan
Written by Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Jeanne Kay
Interviews with Chuck Williams, Jalyn Roe, Donna Denman, Shane Creepingbear, Anne Bohlen, Rose Pelzl & Karen McKee
Director of Photography and Co-producer Elena Dahl, Location Sound by Shawndra Jones
Directed by Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Made possible with grants from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation and Antioch College,
In-kind donations from WYSO and Matthew Morgan
Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Wexner Center for the Arts
Written by Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Jeanne Kay
Interviews with Chuck Williams, Jalyn Roe, Donna Denman, Shane Creepingbear, Anne Bohlen, Rose Pelzl & Karen McKee
Director of Photography and Co-producer Elena Dahl, Location Sound by Shawndra Jones
Directed by Catalina Jordan Alvarez
Made possible with grants from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation and Antioch College,
In-kind donations from WYSO and Matthew Morgan
Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Wexner Center for the Arts
