Challenging projects that demand new levels of precision and skill can undoubtedly be daunting, but challenging projects I find are the most exciting. About half way through autumn, I was asked by the Cazenovia Public Library and Museum to work on a video project that would feature their Native American artifact collection. The Cazenovia Public Library and Museum is a unique gem where books and artifacts merge together to form an educational experience like no other. As you could imagine, during a normal year the library/museum welcomes visitors in the thousands from all over New York State. The video would be designed to aid the museum curators as they presented in local schools that at the time of this project were fairly restricted due to the ongoing pandemic. This video would allow all students to receive the amazing presentation and story of the Haudenosaunee regardless of them learning in person or remotely. However, the full presentation runs an hour long and would result in a 30 minute documentary; the largest video project I’ve done and I would be filming, editing and producing on my own. With curator interviews, artifact presentations, and loads of fascinating history; the documentary guides its viewers from 16th century North America before Europeans arrived all the way to just before the Revolutionary War. I worked with each of the curators’ presentations and unified them with supporting images and videos to best tell the Haudenosaunee story. It was an amazing experience to have the opportunity to film such breath taking artifacts and witness their historical significance in person.
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