Prize-winning filmmaker Wendy Lestina presents “Local Historical Documentaries: Behind the Scenes,”at the Humboldt County Historical Society program meeting on Saturday, January 7 at 1:00 p.m., in the first-floor conference room of the Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third Street, Eureka.
Wendy Lestina has been making beautiful and extremely well received documentary films for the Ferndale Museum since 2002, when she made the stirring movie, “The Flood of ’64, We Remember.”
Her next film, “Letters Home,” which tells the stories of local World War II soldiers, won the 2011 Autry Public History Prize from the Western History Association.
An entertaining and accomplished speaker, Wendy Lestina will talk about the process of making local historical movies—selecting topics, interviewing subjects, and gathering materials—as she shares video clips from the movies she has made.
Attendees will see selection of clips from “The Flood of ‘64,” and “Letters Home,” as well as some of her more recent films, including “The Lost Village of Camp Weeott,” “Walking the Wildcat,” “Home on the Grange,” and “Outtakes: Ferndale is Funny!”
Lestina’s company, Spriggs and Marley, is currently working on three new movies: “The Victory of Korea,” about the war in Korea featuring local Korean War veterans; “Fernbridge: The Span of the Century”; and “Occidental Ranch/Coppini Lane: Life on the Farms.”
Admission is free and everyone is invited.
The program begins at 1:00 PM, my advice is to show up early in order to make sure you have a seat. Most of the programs have filled up before the starting time.
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