MARIE CRAWFORD MILLER

Benjamin Wood, owner of Studio B Llc, shares the beautiful process of creating handmade pottery for everyday use. Spending more up-front but less long-term, buying fewer goods of better quality and supporting local craftspersons, is a direct counterpoint to disposable goods in our consumer culture.

How much can furniture affect one's mood? How can it contribute to a sense of legacy, heritage, and place? A means by which one can create the world one wants to exist? Why spend more on a quality piece of furniture if it falls into the category of "stuff" when materialism is not cool? There are some pretty compelling reasons, and answers to the above questions in this beautiful little, 6-minute film. Check it out!

This was my first film, completed with the help of my camera guru, Kyle Michael Porter. It's a visual essay covering damage from the Almeda Fires in Phoenix and Talent, Oregon during the summer of 2020. I was living with Kyle's family at the time, and some of the fire damage shown was within blocks of where we were staying. The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) estimates there will be 1.2 billion climate refugees by the year 2050. For just a moment, I was one of them. Concept Artist, Director, Co-Editor: Marie Crawford Miller Lead Cinematographer and Editor: Kyle Michael Porter Music: Ennio Morricone "The Crisis"