I've been enjoying experimenting with the podcast format. It's a medium that allows you to explore a topic more deeply without the overhead associated with filming visuals and requirement for tight editing. Some things in life simply can't be understood without deep. https://humanventure.com/category/resources/interviews ...
Since 2012, Hidden Story has directed the staging, lighting, sound and video production for TEDxCalgary to support ideas worth sharing. I've always enjoyed listening to speakers share stories that are like trailheads into whole worlds and territories you can explore. https://tedxcalgary.ca ...
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Hidden Story Productions produced a series of Indigenous media elements for the new Royal Alberta Museum. We travelled across Alberta to bring Dene, Metis, Cree, Blackfoot and Nakoda stories to life....
Elder in the Making is our first feature doc and it opened at the Calgary International Film Festival to a sold out crowd and critical acclaim. To find out more about how you can host screenings, attend workshops, or use this resource in an educational...
The National Music Centre and Hidden Story Productions partnered to put together a travelling roadcase that will make its way to rural elementary schools across Alberta. Inside the students will find tools to tell their stories of music. Here's one of five mini-videos we shot...
Over the last year I have been getting to know the cast and crew of the Making Treaty 7 theatrical production. Seeing native and non-native actors, playwrights, dancers, and musicians studying, exploring, and expressing the stories surrounding Treaty 7 was eye-opening. How many of us...
Sometimes the most important hidden story is the one concealed right underneath your local history books. All my life I have lived on Treaty 7 land and know not a single fact about it. I was born in Montreal with a Chinese heritage, but I grew...
With the success of the Alice Jamieson Film Festival, I decided I wanted to try this same documentary film project approach with another school. This time Ms. Gemma Epp volunteered her four grade seven classes. Add financial support from Calgary 2012 and the Langevin Parent...
https://vimeo.com/61446798 Discover what Nepalese youth have to teach us about advocating for change in their community. Commissioned by CAWST, an international water sanitation training organization, this participatory documentary puts the camera in the hands of young activists letting them tell their story. ...