This video vignette focuses on my visit to the Lorrain Motel in Memphis Tennessee - the site of Martin Luther King’s assassination. It is a one chapter excerpt from my work in progress long form documentary entitled POWERFUL PLACES.
The final project will begin with a narrated montage on how the American Media in the 1960’s and 70’s contributed to telling the story of significant events in American history and its role as collaborator in leading to change in the world. When complete the documentary will include vignettes on the Civil Rights Movement and Viet Nam War. Each story will involve revisiting places where meaningful and dramatic historic events unfolded ... hence the title POWERFUL PLACES.
With a synthesis of my contemporary footage, spoken word and borrowed vintage media content these stories adopt an autobiographical form and are meant to be a reflection on and celebration of numerous courageous social events that changed the world ... and the role photography, film, television and magazines played in informing American citizens and inspiring them to support and demand change.
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