DESCRIPTION: “Short films and family history by Michael Redd” SEE ALSO: Hit and Run (short film) RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver County (LLBC) is curated by The Social Voice Project. It is a publicly and privately sourced audio/visual archive of voices and stories related to Beaver County, Pennsylvania …
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DESCRIPTION: Select videos from documentary producer Dan Woodske, producer of Beaver Falls: Where is Joe Namath? “I am the director of a documentary on Beaver Falls. You can purchase the DVD through Amazon.com. Just type in Joe Namath, Beaver Falls, anything like that, and it will take you to the DVD. These clips are very “rough cuts” …
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The Ohio River LifeBoat Project from the STUDIO’s previous fellow Carolyn Lambert was a four month journey on a customized boat. The LifeBoat hosted potluck dinners to discuss the intersections of recreation and commerce, culture and ecology of the Ohio River. Drawing on the personal stories and memories of towboat captains, swimmers, casino boat pilots, …
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Amherst Madison deckhand Ryan Gilleran describes life on a towboat transporting barges full of coal, and other materials, up and down America’s waterways. When they deliver road salt to towns in the winter or coal to power plants in the middle of the night, Gilleran says he and his fellow “towboaters” feel like unsung heroes, …
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The Emmy Award winning “Of Duckpins and Destinies” takes viewers to Monaca, Pennsylvania, “the town that bent the Ohio river,” where the thunderous crack of duckpins has echoed for more than fifty years. It’s a fun and quirky look into the sport of duckpin bowling, and the traditions kept alive by a tight-knit community. Directors …
The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. The Ohio River Water Walk began on April 22, 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA [through Beaver County, Pa] and ended in Cairo, IL, where the Ohio joins the Mississippi River. The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. …
WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY Industrial Devolution East Liverpool, Ohio, USA East Liverpool, Ohio, USA is a project by Scott Houston about the town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Scott Houston:The population of East Liverpool is approximately twenty four thousand. It is situated forty-five miles west of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River on the borders of …