"Apalachicola River: An American Treasure" is a new one hour documentary from filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus whose last project was the award-winning "Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida". We will take our audience on an exciting journey down the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint river system which meanders through Georgia, Alabama and Florida to the port town of Apalachicola on the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, we’ll explore the rich history of the area and meet some of the people who live and work along its waterways, including botanists, beekeepers, ecologists, politicians, oystermen and townsfolk. We are using a wide variety of film techniques… interviews, historical reenactments, nature photography and still photographs from renowned artists Richard Bickel and Clyde Butcher…music by Sammy Tedder… to educate and entertain a local, national and international viewership. Included are lively discussions about current issues impacting the river… such as dredging, water wars between the states, new development… as well as some unique visions of the future of one of the most biologically diverse wild places left in the United States.
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"Apalachicola River: an American Treasure" sound track by Sammy Tedder, features a wide collection of music, artists and the river cane flute.
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"Apalachicola River: an American Treasure" DVD in wide screen, 5.1 surround sound with "Behind the Scenes" features and images by Clyde Butcher & Richard Bickel with music by Sammy Tedder. TRT 57:00
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A baseball hat with logo of "Apalachicola River: an American Treasure". Cap in Khaki and bill in green.
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Clyde Butcher's collection of images in a coffee tabel book on the "Apalachicola River: an American Treasure". Includes foreword by Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Bob Graham. Size 12 x 10
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In a single hour The Apalachicola River; An American Treasure brings together all the threads that threaten the river, and its estuaries and its very existence as one of the most productive estuary systems in the world.
The film begins with a short history lesson disguised as childhood imagination encountering early Native Americans and Spanish settlers, and comes rapidly to a rolling boil in the present day. The water wars, dredging, commercial fishing, the effects of Hurricane Dennis an encroaching land use issues on the local population, rampant thoughtless development, the remediation of the ecological practices of a less enlightened age, and conservation management are just a sampling of the topics that writer Jane Atkins and director Elam Stoltzfus manage to tightly weave into a not so simple but well told story.
Ed Tiley, Publisher,
Franklin Connection
You just can’t say enough about the soundtrack music composed and performed by Sammy Tedder. Tedder composes his score against an audio backdrop of natural sound recorded in the wild. Through the miracle of overdubbing, Tedder manages to play almost all the instruments heard, including the river cane flutes he meticulously constructs by hand from cane growing along the banks of the Apalachicola River.
Ed Tiley, Publisher,
Franklin Connection
Ed Tiley, Publisher,
Franklin Connection
As an adjunct to that story Clyde Butcher.... serves to document the present condition of the nature of the region. Butcher with his large format camera equipped with wide angle lenses, manage to capture the spirit of the land in a way to deepen the understanding of what is in danger of being lost forever. Clyde Butcher has created some really great photographs that document the nature of the area along the Apalachicola River. Butcher's images are woven into a musical and narrative landscape and presented on the DVD as additional features as well.
Ed Tiley, Publisher,
Franklin Connection
Ed Tiley, Publisher,
Franklin Connection
