Hello Everyone,
I wanted to tell everyone about a documentary video I am producing entitled ""The Black Guides of Mammoth Cave: A Documentary."
My partners in the production are Phoebe Frear - a filmmaker from Willimasport, PA and Steven Barnes - an award winning author and screen writer. We have a website here: http://blackguidesofmammothcave.wordpress.com/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Ed9MudTUw
The website describes the video, includes a blog with stories about the history of Mammoth Cave, and has a link to my Indiegogo fundraiser for the project http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-guides-of-mammoth-cave-a-documentary/x/4266249
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zIVCW_03K4
Phoebe and I have conducted preliminary shooting at the cave and have interviewed Roger Brucker, Sandi Gorin -a professional genealogist related by marriage to Franklin Gorin, one time owner of the cave, and with Jerry Bransford - he is a current guide at the cave and the Great-great Grandson of Materson Bransford one of the three slaves brought to the cave in 1838 (along with Stephen Bishop and Nicholas Bransford) to work as guides at the cave. he is the fifth genration of his family to work as a guide at the cave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NTjFhqxKbs
If you are interested in the project feel free to contact me - also feel free to donate to the indiegogo fundraiser.
Edward Frank