After months of research, phone calls, planning, fundraising, and conversations, Beyond the Salish Sea: Crude Truth finally moved from an idea on paper into full production this summer. Our principal photography took us throughout the San Juan Islands, spending six days on the water, on ferries, along shorelines and in the communities that call the…
This June 1-7th, Beyond the Salish Sea begins principal photography. That may sound like a straightforward production update, but for me it marks something much bigger. We are starting production. Up until now, I’ve really been finding my footing. Researching. Listening. Shaping the story. Figuring out what this film wants to be and what it needs from me. Like a lot of…
Earlier this year, we met up with Psychologist Ryan Reese on the Hoh River on the Olympic Peninsula. This was literally in the Hoh River. Ryan spends a week or so fishing for winter steelhead on the Hoh in late March every year. We were interviewing him there because he lives in Bend, OR, and…