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After many long hours of figuring out aspect ratio/export issues (thanks Adam!) I finally got the Final Cut done. I know it’s a little bit over the 3 minute cut-off, but I think the dramatic footage at the end really is worth the extra time.

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.

We are all so lucky to have Ana around. She goes absolutely above and beyond in everything that she does. I hope that in discussing her job description and responsibilities during her interview, this shines through. Her devotion to the students in the department is obvious. Lafayette geology is a very unique department; I feel as though they are one of my families on campus, and this would not be true without Ana. I’m so lucky she agreed to be interviewed! Fortunately, all of my equipment was functional for the interview. I did find that I wanted to keep asking her questions, to delve deeper into everything she discussed.

From our class this week, I was grappling with the question: how far do we go as documentarians to push our subjects into recalling a memory or an event, knowing that it might be a trigger for them? Shreya mentioned in class about the ethical dilemma of re-asking a subject difficult questions that might trigger them and how we as documentarians  should try our best not to push our subjects to revisit a memory or an event that we initially missed. However, the Lanzmann interview provided a different take on this question. Lanzmann’s interview of Bomba asks him to re-enact the way he cut the hairs of the people being sent into the death chambers. Later, Lanzmann didn’t want to continue with the interview, but Lanzmann pressures him to continue because of the importance Bomba’s testimony serves in providing evidence to an event that others refute existed. So then, the decision to push/pressure our subjects is up to the doucmentarian’s judgement in terms of the purpose it would serve furthering the themes of the documentary.

LaFarm harvested 5225 pounds of fruits and vegetables in 2016.

Lafarm donated 1300 Pounds of vegetables the equivalent to 1085 meals or $3277 of fresh food.

19 Lafarm worker put in a total of 941.50 hours of work.

The estimated pounds of compost applied annually since 2014 is 15,000 pounds or about 15 cubic yards. This is roughly 150 wheelbarrows worth yearly.

Lafarm spent $18382 dollars in 2016 on expenses ranging from greenhouse and soil to equipment and hardware to seeds and plants

This past Monday was a nice change of pass. For a while now we have gotten into the groove of watching a film having a Q&A with the director and then finishing the class with a short activity. This week we really delved in on analyzing various forms of documentaries. I really enjoyed having the Lehigh student come and show her short documentary. I thought it was a good way to see kind of what our short documentary would model. Even her, someone who has done documentary work, still had room to grow. I also thought it was interesting how even though she was the editor and got a lot of creative freedom there were aspects of the film she didn’t like. Finally, I really enjoyed watching other people individual interviews. Even though there was not enough time to see mine I felt like I was still able to gain a lot of insight into what I can change and improve on.

• Average age of a person who overdosed in the Lehigh Valley was 38 years old
• In 2016, Lehigh Valley police received 466 overdose calls
• In 2016, 169 people died from overdosing in the Lehigh Valley
• The number of hospital stays for heroin overdoses increased 66% from 2014-2016 in Pennsylvania
• 13 people die every day from drug overdoses in Pennsylvania

Scary stuff!!

Sources: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-lehigh-valley-heroin-overdose-deaths-continue-to-rise-20170429-story.html

http://www.mcall.com/business/healthcare/mc-biz-health-overdose-hospital-costs-20170626-story.html

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/dea_discloses_disturbing_numbe.html

1. Overdose deaths with opioids involved: 33,091 in 2015 and 64,000 in 2016
2. 1 in 48 people newly prescribed an opioid will become a long time user
3. Since 2010, heroin overdose death rates have more than quadrupled
4. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids other than methadone (i.e. fentanyl) killed 9,500 people in 2015, a 72% increase since 2014, and over 20,100 in 2016.
5. In Pennsylvania, opioid overdoses are more common than fatal vehicle crashes.

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