This is a film I created as part of my MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. During the Fall semester in 2022 I took a film concentration and worked under the brilliant filmmaker Nina Davenport. As part of that concentration, I made the film you’re about to see.
As a Story Producer I typically work with brilliant cinematographers to capture the footage I hope to get. However, Nina challenged me to film this with my iPhone and direct it myself.
I was hesitant at first, but I decided this would be a fun learning experience.
And luckily for me, Natalie Henry, the subject of the film and founder of Pretty Peacock Paperie, shines through even my amateur cinematography.
In this film, she shares what inspired her to create art after birth trauma, as well as after the trauma of the summer of 2020.
Most of all, it’s a love letter to what it means to create from the depths of who you are, from both your pain and your joy.
Learn more about Natalie and support her work at shopprettypeacock.com.
The Little Book of Big Dreams is filled with true stories of dreamers who decided to try for their biggest dreams and kept going when things got hard (which they almost always do).
The dreamers in this book include Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Disney producer Don Hahn, Pensole Lewis College founder D’Wayne Edwards, Hamilton cast member Seth Stewart, Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant, actor and filmmaker Justin Baldoni, and more.
But the most important story in this book is yours.
The Little Book of Big Dreams: True Stories About People who Followed a Spark
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