Camina Conmigo

Work In Progress

Supported by IF/Then x The Redford Center Nature Connection Pitch 2023

Synopsis:

It took twenty years for Miriam Morillion to venture into the wilds of Jackson Hole, Wyoming where she lives. Determined not to let the pandemic isolate her, Miriam invited a few friends to go on a hike. Week after week, they hiked and thus formed a Spanish-speaking hiking group, Camina Conmigo (Walk with Me). The group continues to grow, as does their connection to the natural world, to each other, and to themselves.

Filmmakers:

Emily Cohen

Emily Cohen is the executive director of KHOL, Jackson Hole's public radio station and the only community radio station in the state of Wyoming. There, she has led the expansion of the station’s newsroom with award-winning programming in both English and Spanish. She has directed and produced a series of shorts, including a documentary about the first openly gay elected official in the Washington, DC region. In addition to Camina Conmigo, she is also producing a documentary about the iconic folk song “Li’l Liza Jane.” TheOtherEmilyCohen.com

Alyson Spery

Alyson Spery holds an MFA from the University of Montana. Since learning how to use a camera she has taught others. She co-produced Renga for the West, a community media project and winner of IF/Then shorts in 2017. She founded DIY Docs, a nonprofit film education and production organization, to teach filmmaking. Its flagship project, The Sister Cities Docuseries, produced 25 short documentaries directed by first-time filmmakers from two closely intertwined communities: Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Tlaxcala, Mexico. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to continue the project in the communities in Mexico where people have emigrated from to Jackson.