With film excerpts and anecdotes from a career making films about places, John Paget presents an entertaining and inspiring case for how storytelling can fight apathy, foster pride and change the trajectory of your community. The civic story is not just about the past - it's the story of what your community is becoming. We'll cover topics including:
For cities and towns ready to act, we've created the Civic Story Workshop. Convene the creatives in your community: the sages and storytellers, the filmmakers and photographers, the musicians and muralists. This interactive workshop is designed to help kickstart a civic story film project for your place, as well as generate ideas and action steps to bring forward a community's story - it's connection to the past and vision for the future. We'll cover topics including: