| The privately produced and publicly funded Tri City Documentary project is dedicated to creating a time capsule of archival digital videos, and delivering for public access an online kiosk of 200 short documentaries. Video production is focused on capturing the human-interest stories emerging from the Tri City region of Northeast Tennessee, an area of robust and under-appreciated character currently undergoing unprecedented and irreversible cultural, social, and economic change. There is great need to document with empathy, historical perspective, and humane insight the quickly evolving ways of life that are unique to our region, as well as explore and capture the full spectrum of this area’s vast rich story... Should you wish to become a Sponsor, please do so by contacting us or selecting one of our donation buttons. Thank you! |
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Hello, and so good to meet you!
Both a gift and a treasure, the privately produced and publicly funded Tri City
Documentary project is dedicated to creating a time capsule of archival digital
videos, and delivering for public access an online kiosk of 200 short
documentaries. Video production is focused on capturing the human-interest
stories emerging from the Tri Cities region of Northeast Tennessee, an area
of robust and under-appreciated character currently undergoing
unprecedented and irreversible cultural, social, and economic change.
There is great need for us to document with empathy, historical perspective,
and humane insight the quickly evolving ways of life that are unique to our
region, as well as explore and capture the full spectrum of this area’s vast
rich story. The TCD project does this primarily by preserving oral histories
and the life stories of individuals who have mastered their craft and still find
joy in their work; by filming them at work, we simultaneously capture both
unique biographical portraits and anthropological records of the processes
they have mastered. Thus, this online collection promotes the Tri Cities
region to a global market by highlighting our greatest assets: our community,
our skills, and our preservationist eye on the future. Our video collection also
increases in value as generations pass away and the everyday processes we
are recording become otherwise forgotten.
We believe our endeavor is important as a public good – and therefore
afforded to the public at cost. We hope you can find it in your heart to assist
us with your interest and financial support; we will be eternally grateful, and
delighted to add you to our website’s sponsor listing.
Thank you so very much. Robert McNitt - founder of the Tri City Documentary.
Both a gift and a treasure, the privately produced and publicly funded Tri City
Documentary project is dedicated to creating a time capsule of archival digital
videos, and delivering for public access an online kiosk of 200 short
documentaries. Video production is focused on capturing the human-interest
stories emerging from the Tri Cities region of Northeast Tennessee, an area
of robust and under-appreciated character currently undergoing
unprecedented and irreversible cultural, social, and economic change.
There is great need for us to document with empathy, historical perspective,
and humane insight the quickly evolving ways of life that are unique to our
region, as well as explore and capture the full spectrum of this area’s vast
rich story. The TCD project does this primarily by preserving oral histories
and the life stories of individuals who have mastered their craft and still find
joy in their work; by filming them at work, we simultaneously capture both
unique biographical portraits and anthropological records of the processes
they have mastered. Thus, this online collection promotes the Tri Cities
region to a global market by highlighting our greatest assets: our community,
our skills, and our preservationist eye on the future. Our video collection also
increases in value as generations pass away and the everyday processes we
are recording become otherwise forgotten.
We believe our endeavor is important as a public good – and therefore
afforded to the public at cost. We hope you can find it in your heart to assist
us with your interest and financial support; we will be eternally grateful, and
delighted to add you to our website’s sponsor listing.
Thank you so very much. Robert McNitt - founder of the Tri City Documentary.