Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars: The Quonset Auditorium in Post-World War II Kentucky (2010)
“The Quonset stood on the boundary of worlds that rarely mixed: black and white, secular and sacred, known and unknown.”
This character-driven documentary chronicles the life of Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Quonset Auditorium. The film showcases local legends and national stars who shared the stage at the Quonset during the entertainment boom after the Second World War. It also contributes local memories to the public memory of diverse popular entertainers including James Brown, Gorgeous George, and Bill Monroe.
Dane Wajich – Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land (2007)
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Danewajich This collaborative multimedia virtual exhibition integrates subtitled Dane-zaa and English video narratives, interpretive e-text, photographs of the production process, recordings of songs, and contemporary and archival images of traditional lands in order to showcase Dane-zaa culture and address present concerns faced by the community as they negotiate legacies of colonialism and a changing relationship to [...]
Dane Wajich: The People Speak (2007)
Browse and watch the 24 short documentary videos directed by Dane-zaa elders and recorded by Dane-zaa youth and a team of ethnographic collaborators for the 2007 multimedia exhibit: Dane-Wajich – Dane-zaa Stories and Songs: Dreamers and the Land. Role: co-curator, producer, youth production mentor (with Kate Hennessy)
Monitoring Our Land (2007)
Dane-zaa elder Johnny Askoty from northern British Columbia talks about the ecological impact of oil spills on his hunting grounds. This short documentary was presented by the Doig River First Nation to government regulators and oil and gas industry representatives in 2007 during a meeting about industrial impacts on their lands. Role: producer & documentarian
Hadaa ka naadzet: The Dane-zaa Moose Hunt (2004)
www.moosehunt.doigriverfn.com (NOTE: Temporarily off-Line because of server instability) Collaborative multimedia web exhibit created by Aboriginal youth from the Doig River First Nation and young multimedia professonals. This exhibit was a training and capacity building initiative which was designed to engage youth with their cultural heritage and provide guided learning experiences for technical skills such as, [...]
Dane-zaa Digital Archive (2003)
www.fishability.biz/Doig Online searchable catalog interface for ethnographic materials (audio, video, image, text) digitally preserved from the Ridington/Dane-zaa archive. Amber worked for the Doig River First Nation as a fundraiser and archivist, coordinating the digital preservation of over 1500 photographs, 600 hours of audio and 60 hours of digital video recordings collected between 1964 and 1972. [...]
Fragile Treasures Link Generation to Generation: National Historic Landmarks in Northwestern Alaska (2002)
Produced by the National Park Service, Alaska Office. This traveling exhibit, produced for an Inupiat audience, toured northern Alaskan communities to raise awareness about archaeological heritage and archaeological preservation. Research for this exhibit involved collaborative oral history documentation with Inupiat elders who had worked on these important archaeological sites, now designated as National Historic Landmarks, [...]
The Historic Quonset Auditorium (2001)
Produced by the Kentucky Folklife Program, this exhibit debuted at the 2001 Kentucky Folklife Festival as part of an installation and performance tent representing the auditorium in its height of operation in the 1950s. The exhibit toured Kentucky schools, libraries, and museums as part of a heritage education program. The Quonset Auditorium, which was located in Bowling [...]
