STORIES FOUND
We had this crazy idea — let’s invest in young filmmakers with transformative ideas; let’s give them the training and the tools they need to find and tell the stories from their own city. So we did. And these are the stories they found.
Co-directed along with Bud Simpson.
Stories Found 2018: Nairobi, Kenya
Stories Found 2020: Missoula, Montana
STORIES FOUND, KENYA — 2018
Bud and James traveled to Nairobi, Kenya in 2018 to offer a one week intensive workshop to emerging Kenyan filmmakers. Ahead of the trip, the students took an online curriculum that Bud and James developed.
Stories Found: Nairobi | Teaser
A teaser for the two films that were produced by our inaugural cohort of Stories Found students in Nairobi, KE
Created by: Bud Simpson
Music: Ware Is Caleb by Generdyn
Licensed via The Musicbed
STORIES FOUND, MISSOULA, MONTANA — 2020
Bud and James traveled to Nairobi, Kenya in 2018 to offer a one week intensive workshop to emerging Kenyan filmmakers. Ahead of the trip, the students took an online curriculum that Bud and James developed.
Partnership with Big Sky Film Institute
STORIES FOUND // the reason we’re here
A trailer of the Stories Found & Big Sky Institute collaboration.
Created by Bud Simpson
Directed by Julia Sherman.
