Echoes From Lock One
“Echoes From Lock One” is a participatory documentary that explores the legacy of the Erie Canal through Troy teens's research and stories.
Uniquely situated at the Canal’s confluence with the Northern tip of the Hudson River Estuary, this project—based at our headquarters in The Sanctuary for Independent Media, a stone’s throw from the Troy Federal Lock— merge tales of the past with present.
Once-splendid homes and towering factories bear silent witness to Troy’s influential role in the creation of great wealth during the Industrial Revolution. In our neighborhood, little of that privilege remains, with the vast majority of children growing up below the poverty line. Their inheritance: a toxic landscape along the Hudson River, devastated by industrial waste, PCBs and pollution.
Artists, professionals and educators worked with teens in media, science and STEAM workforce skills, including camera and audio production, script writing, creative storytelling, music and dance, research, media literacy, editing and graphic design, to create this call to action.
For The Sanctuary for Independent Media
Runtime: 26 minutes
Role: Post-production Coordinator
Official Selection in: Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital (2021), Kansas City FilmFest International (2021), North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival (2021), Eugene Environmental Film Festival (2021), Social Justice Film Festival (2021)