SCENES FROM THE GREAT DIVIDE is a different sort of feature-length non-fiction film, inspired by the Slow Media work of Greg Coyes, offering glimpses of time spent riding the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, May 18 to Aug 1, 2023. Enjoy: https://vimeo.com/867813485?share=copy
The Lentil 360 is an episodic, immersive, documentary experience about a revolution in regenerative agriculture in Montana. An experimental new media project for 6-12 graders, this project was created in partnership with Montana PBS and the Montana Institute on Ecosystems. It offers unique insights into some of the innovative practices now being employed by Montana farmers, scientists, and food health advocates.
Slated to begin streaming in 2020, this 360- (spherical) video project allows viewers to ‘choose their own adventure’ across several chapters, each relating to different aspects of regenerative agriculture in Montana.
Filming, Farming, Failing Forward reflexively presents the medium of 360 while exploring lentils, crop rotations and some of the challenges facing organic and conventional farmers in Montana’s Golden Triangle.
More Protozoa, Less Money visits with a holistically-mined rancher, two organic farmers and a pulse processor on moving away from using costly, chemical inputs.
Holistic Eats visits with a farm-to-table baker, a chef, and various food resource center employees to experience how they’re fostering food security and helping their local communities flourish culinarily.
Inspired by Liz Carlisle's award-winning book, The Lentil Underground, (and featuring Liz), the project was funded in part by a 2017 Film and Digital Media Grant from Humanities Montana, and by the Friends of MontanaPBS.
The Lentil 360 was presented at the 2020 UFVA Virtual Conference on July 27. Here’s a link to the New Media Gallery. Next, it will be tested as a learning tool in select Colorado and Montana schools in fall 2020 and accessible via its own, and MontanaPBS’s website.
Stay tuned for more info!