"The Land Sustains Us, A Todd Story"
Feedback sought on documentary video
Elkland Art Center is producing a video documentary, "The Land Sustains Us, A Todd Story." The Resourceful Communities Program of The Conservation Fund has recently awarded a grant to further develop the documentary.
"The Land Sustains Us, A Todd Story" explores how the changing landscape - development, loss of environment, etc - affects the sense of community in our small village of Todd, NC. The documentary process will involve interviewing a cross-section of people including long-term and short-term residents, developers and government officials, to obtain their insight in how land use affects or changes their attitudes in the community. The intimate scale of Todd allows us to explore this issue in depth. 
Though Todd is small, the issues are similar to those faced by other communities: extensive, rapid changes in land use and population and the community’s efforts to address those changes. It is the intent of the project to open up dialog in the community to gain perspective on the issues of land use and sustainability.
Initial fund for the project was provided in part by a planning grant and a media grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
We want to know what you think. Watch our 11-minute trailer above and give us some feedback. What did you think? What did you like? What didn't you like? Did anything make you uncomfortable? What would you do differently? How did it make you feel? Click here to send an email to Martha Enzmann project director and let us know what you think!
