"Echoes From Lock One" trailer
“Echoes From Lock One” explores the legacy of the Erie Canal through Troy teens' research and stories. Uniquely situated at the canal’s confluence with the northern tip of the Hudson River Estuary, this project—based at our headquarters in The Sanctuary for Independent Media, a stone’s throw from the Troy Federal Lock— merge tales of the past with a call to action. Once-splendid homes and towering factories bear silent witness to Troy’s influential role in the creation of great wealth during the Industrial Revolution. In our neighborhood, little of that privilege remains, with the vast majority of children growing up below the poverty line. Their inheritance: a toxic landscape along the Hudson River, devastated by industrial waste, PCBs and pollution. Artists, professionals and educators worked with teens in media, science and STEAM workforce skills, including camera and audio production, script writing, creative storytelling, music and dance, research, media literacy, editing and graphic design, to create this call to action. The Sanctuary for Independent Media www.mediasanctuary.org Many thanks to all who helped make this Youth Media Sanctuary film possible: Chris Johnstone Nick Nerolian John DeSousa Jamel Mosely Adam Tinkle Troy Pohl Karina Wojnar Isabella Pottinger Kim Tateo Bonney Hartley and the Stockbridge-Munsee community Darlene Kehn-Hunter Azure Keahi Kathy Sheehan Jillian Hirsch Brandon Ballengee David Barton Jun Yasuda/Peace Pagoda Jon Segol The Bender Scientific Fund The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Environmental Justice Program McCarthy Charities The National Endowment for the Arts Art Works / Media Arts New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature Rensselaer County Department of Employment and Training Summer Youth Employment Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bruegger’s Bagels CEO YouthBuild Denison Farms Earth Matter Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway NYS Canal Corporation Corporation New York State Museum, Ichthyology Department Peace Pagoda Hart Cluett Museum (Rensselaer County Historical Society) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of HASS Riverkeeper Transition Troy Troy Architecture Project Troy Zero Waste Special Thanks: Intaba Liff-Anderson Susan B. Anthony Alycia Bacon Aurora, Victor and Lilith Ballengée Meredith Best Chris Bowser Rob Brill John Callahan Bob Doherty Joe Fama Ashley Sarah Ferro-Murray Brenda Ann Kenneally City of Troy Mayor Patrick Madden Brian McCandless Nicole, Nora Ace and Sylvie Max Mogul William Petronis Richard Sleeper Ward Stone Congressman Paul Tonko Bryan Weatherwax Dr. Jeremy Wright
