From the Field: Scene-in-Progress, Healthcare, September, 2011

 

To suggest the way a scene will develop once this documentary is fully shot and edited, we have put together this short scene-in-progress based on the events of March 20, 2010, the day before the Health Care Act was passed. You will remember that a crowd of protestors had gathered outside the Capitol Building, and when Congressman Lewis and some of his colleagues walked into the crowd in order to reach the building, they were met with... well, you'll see.

Incorporating the interviews we shot last spring on Capitol Hill, this 4- minute tape represents a portion of a fuller scene with some interviews, most notably Congressman Lewis's, yet to be shot. But from this sample, you'll get an idea of how we will shape the stories, link them with the Congressman's history and demonstrate, through events such as this one, the challenges of nonviolence.  

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From the Field: Capitol Hill, June 2011

 

In June we followed Congressman Lewis as he toured the soon-to-be opened Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. His preview of the site included a close up look at the 450-foot inscription wall with quotations from Dr. King's speeches engraved into granite. Nearby he viewed the "Stone of Hope," a 30 foot sculpture of Dr. King.

While in Washington, we covered the Congressman's day-to-day routines on Capitol Hill: the staff meetings, the hikes back and forth to vote on the floor of the house and the weekly excursion to the airport to fly home to Atlanta. In between we conducted interviews with Democratic and Republican members and former members of congress to explore how Lewis has transitioned from an activist to legislator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Field: Civil Rights Pilgrimage, March, 2011


 

In early March 2011, Early Light traveled with Congressman Lewis as he led the Faith and Politics Institute's 11th Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to historic sites in Alabama. This video is a compilation of still photographs taken from the video we shot and edited to music recorded on location, featuring Peter Yarrow of the famed folk group, Peter, Paul and Mary, his daughter Bethany Yarrow, cellist Rufus Cappadocia and legendary civil rights vocalists Dorothy Cotton and Betty Mae Fikes.

The attendees in this video include, roughly in order of appearance: the above named musicians, Rep. John Lewis, Bob Zellner, Rev. Doug Tanner, Rep. Terri Sewell, Bernard Lafayette, Rep. John Larson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Kerry Kennedy, Rep. Barbara Lee, Sen. Harry Reid, Rep. Jim Clyburn and Jesse Jackson. 

 

From the Field: Return of the Freedom Riders 50th Anniversary Reunion

 

Jackson, Mississippi.

Featuring Governor Haley Barbour's public apology for the state's mistreatment of Freedom Riders 50 years ago. Also Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Freedom Rider Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA). In the Story Circle, testimonials from Freedom Riders Bill Harbour, Catherine Brooks, Ellen Ziskind, Robert and Helen Singleton, Hezikiah Watkins and LeVon Brown. 

 

Jackson, 1961Jackson, 2011