“Route 66: The Mother Road” author and Route 66 Alliance co-founder alerted me to this new video made for the Tulsa Historical Society.
Voices of History from Kirkpatrick&Kinslow Productions on Vimeo.
An explanation of the video by its creator, Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions:
“Voices of History” is a branding film from Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions, developed for the Tulsa Historical Society. The film showcases a 3rd grade curriculum created & implemented by the organization. The film also profiles pivotal points in Tulsa’s history, set against the backdrop of Tulsa’s historic Council Oak Tree.
To help tell the story, Producer Russ Kirkpatrick worked closely with THS Executive Director Michelle Place and writers Bond Love and Michael Wallis to create messaging that was beautifully put to film by Director Bunee Tomlinson & Director of Photography Sam Calvin.
The branding project is the first of two films being produced by Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions with the Tulsa Historical Society. The second is an untitled feature length documentary, produced for a national TV audience, that will answer the important question of why history is important.
The feature-length film is a good idea. I was thinking for some time — especially while reading a new book about Cyrus Avery — that Tulsa’s history especially would make for a very good Ken Burns-type documentary.
Right you are, Ron, about Tulsa’s history being documentary-worthy. No other place in the world (ever) was put together like Oklahoma and no other place in Oklahoma was put together like Tulsa.
You are kind to mention the new book about Cyrus Avery. He exemplified the Tulsa Spirit of his era and a film of that time should have wide appeal.
I agree. Except that if Ken Burns WERE to do a documentary about Tulsa, the city’s amazing history is so over the top many viewers might decide it was fiction!