Where it all started…

In truth, it was the yellow journalism and egregious stereotypes perpetuated as fact that set me on this course of picking up a camera to record what I see, right in front of me.

For the better part of a year, I produced an independent docu-series called Exploring Appalachia for Mountain Roots. A cultural journalism of sorts, combined with a desire to make documentary films. The result has been an international audience, intrigued by the colorful yet complex history of this ancient region. As a 3x EMMY Award Winning cinematographer, writer, and editor now for PBS Appalachia, my body of work continues to grow.

It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that we have the chance to understand ourselves better if we understand where we come from. Understanding who and what came before us is the task of each generation, it is the machinery in the hands of free people.