Client: City of Morris, Minnesota and University of Minnesota Morris, 2006.

Project Overview:
The City of Morris, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Morris were co-recipients of a Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address key areas for community revitalization. A key area of the grant was to create resident-backed strategies to spur economic growth and the reduction of crime. For this key element, the partnership chose to focus on drug prevention, more specifically, methamphetamine.

A research team was organized for research and development of a video documentary aimed at providing information to a mass audience. A cross-section of nearly thirty people were interviewed for the project, including former users, current users, victims of crime, law enforcement, judicial, corrections, mental health, legislative, and health care. The research culminated into a 47-minute documentary that has been broadcast on public television throughout Minnesota, and hundreds of DVDs have been provided to schools, groups and organizations throughout the state.

My Role in Project:
This project team consisted of a team of four individuals. We all shared in the producing, directing, writing, shooting and editing duties of the project.

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