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Go Indie Now had the distinct and amazing opportunity to cover the 2023 Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and this is an interview by Joe Compton with Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque, filmmakers of the documentary O, Pioneer.

Every season calls upon a pioneer. Sometimes the call is loud, intentional, and pointed, just as it was in 1865 when Walt Whitman waxed lyrical about the purpose and life of the 19th Century American pioneer. In his poem Pioneers! O Pioneers!, Whitman encouraged Americans to "debouch upon a newer mightier world" and settle the West. In the context of this United States history, a pioneer's efforts included devastating acts of environmental destruction, as well as displacement of and violence toward native people.

In an attempt to fulfill this call, we are observing three Appalachian pioneers living in West Virginia: Nellie Rose Gundersen Davis, James Morley, and Tim Hibbs, who are humbly answering their own calls. Their stories unfold in the midst of a pandemic and personal heartache, but we discover that their courage is boundless and that each is incensed with deep, authentic love for their neighbor. Weaving narration with candid moments from each of our subjects, archival pioneer footage, poetic vignettes, and dream-like animation, O Pioneer asks viewers to courageously champion the pioneer within while consciously rejecting the follies of our past.

Joe talks with Clara and Jonathan about the journey this film took, the artists it covers, and what art has been like for everyone since 2019.

You can follow the film's journey here: https://opioneer.com/

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