Dear Dr. Browder,
Last week Dave Coogan contacted Sean and I about working/volunteering on a
documentary project for the Boaz and Ruth organization, a Richmond-based
non-profit dedicated to helping rehabilitated and released prisoners. It provides
numerous programs and resources related to skills development and counseling.
Today, we met with the directors of Boaz and Ruth and we're really excited
about the prospects of creating two short documentaries for them. Sean and
I would work as a team, but would produce two films, each with a different
theme. The first would focus on Boaz and Ruth and the organization itself,
and the second would focus on their Oct. 11th event, The Long Walk to
Freedom.
Embedded in these short films would be a sense of oral history, grass-roots
activism, social-consciousness and community awareness. Boaz and Ruth is a
really impressive place: they facilitate almost all of the outreach by way
of the different extension spaces they operate -- a second-hand "boutique,"
a moving company, a thrift store, a restaurant, and much more, all while
focusing on and tackling the issues that affect former prisoners as they
work to regain their dignity, pride and place in this world.
We feel that this opportunity is one that can both benefit us as students
in your course, but also serves to benefit the Boaz and Ruth organization
as well as the people they strive to help every day.
Our question is, would you like us to submit a group proposal for both
films or individual proposals for each film?
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sean and Kristine
PS...Here's links to Boaz and Ruth and The Long Walk to Freedom
http://www.boazandruth.com/
http://www.boazandruth.com/index.cfm/topic/longwalktofreedom
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