The podcast returns after an unintentionally long interlude!

In this episode of Public History with Jake and Justin, we talk with filmmaker Mark Frederick about his 2024 documentary, "Blair County - A People's History." 

This feature-length documentary details the story of a Central Pennsylvania community against the backdrop of numerous dramatic moments from American history including the French and Indian War, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, and the Second World War. 

 

In this episode we discuss: 

The film and how it came about 

Where you can watch the film

The process of making a documentary of this size and scope

How having friends who are living historians can pay off for a filmmaker

Mark's favorite and least favorite parts of the filmmaking process

Why Blair County is a community full of food and culinary history (YAY SHEETZ)

 

And in our Postscripts this week:

Justin - When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett Graff

Mark - Film festival entries and moving forward

Jake - Say Nothing - a book and new Hulu miniseries about The Troubles in Northern Ireland