The Footage

A camping trip in the Ozark Mountains extends into sleeping outside in Tower Grover Park, St.-Louis for 40 days in a metaphorical desert to 40 days inside in an actual desert in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The story that inspires The Good Men off the Shepherd.

33+ Hours of footage that begins June 2023. It includes interviews with Rachel Witt, the executive director of the South Grand Blvd. Community Improvement District and her struggle with navigating drug addiction and homelessness in her community, and with Elija, a local artist and fellow unhoused person in a struggle with his family of origin over his identity. There are two musical performances from the Vanilla Beans and Da Terra Meiga, a talk on AI in the media and in games hosted by Central New Mexico Community College & Ingenuity, a beautiful conversation from Lesbian Earth on expanding our interpretations of grief, and more.