Legacy · Films
A photograph stops a moment. A film preserves a person: their voice, the way they speak, the way they laugh. A family film is not a montage of photographs. It is a living story, filmed with respect for its participants.
Why film
Two generations from now there will be no living carriers of the family story. Everything that is not recorded will disappear. Film is the closest thing to a living person as a means of preserving what was.
How we film
We do not arrive with a camera at a celebration. We enter the family's life gradually: getting to know people, talking, studying the archives. Only when we understand what this story is about do we begin filming. The result is a film the family will want to watch again decades later.
What is included
What we steward