On Wednesday night, Devin, Emily and I went to the Delaware River Shad Fishermen’s Association monthly meeting in Bethlehem. We sat in for the board meeting, shot some b-roll, and subsequently interviewed interested members of the board and organization.Throughout the meeting, all of the fishermen were so excited to have young people there. We asked at the end of the meeting that anyone interested in an interview stay for a while afterwards, or let us know if they would prefer to meet at a different time; hands shot up. I was so excited that a lot of people wanted to talk to us. Throughout the interviews, I realized as these people were talking that they really had so much to say: they have a story to tell, they have things they want known. They wanted to speak up. As I had been worried about the specific direction of our film, I was happy at this time of realization: I thought they had a story to tell.
