Traveling around and working on the road for decades, I had the privilege of meeting and working with quite a few Amish folks. Like the producer of this short documentary, Ive always had a great deal of respect for those Ive met and shared time with over the years. For three years I have wanted to do a mini documentary on this Amish carpenter that my good friend Eric Kessler is friends with. The Amish are very private, despite a few rare exceptions, they do not appear on camera and they don’t do interviews! Eric tried to convince him but it was never going to happen. Whilst over in Indiana in September I wanted to give it one more shot, I wanted to meet him, show him some of my work and convince him that all I wanted to do was a short film where I could lean more about their lifestyle and hopefully as people. Reluctantly he agreed on the provision that none of their faces could be seen and he could approve it before I put it up online. The former...not ideal. To connect to someone you really need to see their faces, their eyes, but I had to respect this. The latter is something I never do for personal docs. For client work of course, every time. I agreed though. I wanted to make this film as everything about the lifestyle facsinates me...that he had said yes surprised everyone I told where I was staying in Indiana. The Amish dont go on camera!
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:47:54 +0000
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