Scattered Seeds is beginning to feel a bit less scattered.
Last week we met with Kelowna Community Resources to throw around ideas about possible interview subjects for the vignettes. Finding our candidates is the first step in the process of creating the four vignettes and eventually the one-hour documentary.
Scattered Seeds is about delving into the lives of Okanagan immigrants and exploring the effects they have on their new communities, either economically or socially. In order to accurately tell this story we need to find four people who fully express the ideas of contribution and growth.
It’s more than just finding people who have exciting and interesting journeys; we need to encapsulate the many layers of the immigrant story. During our meeting with KCR’s Advisory Committee we set up some criteria that would help us sort through all the great stories and find four that truly resonate.
These are the criteria we decided to base our pick on:
1) Interesting background story and willingness to share journey
2) Reputation within community
3) Impact (economically or socially) on Okanagan communities.
Immediately we realized that every one of us at the meeting knew someone who had an amazing story. The Okanagan is rich with immigrants who have sown deep into their new homes. And so the prospect of picking out only four stories is proving a little daunting.
Right now we’re in the process of finding and choosing our four candidates. We’re scouring the Okanagan in search of four stories that stand out, and we need your help! Let us know who comes to mind.
-Emma Smith
