Starter
Single Story
Ideal for capturing one person’s story
- One interview subject
- 15–20 minute final film
- 2–3 hour filming session
- Digital delivery
- Complete interview archive
- One round of revisions
Living Legacy Documentaries
Capture your family’s wisdom before it’s too late.
Interview-based documentary films that preserve the stories, lessons and love of your family’s most treasured members.
Every family has a storyteller
Their voices carry wisdom no photograph can capture
The grandmother who remembers when the neighborhood was all dirt roads. The father who built a business from nothing and never wrote any of it down. The aunt who can recite family history back five generations.
Lessons learned through decades of living. Stories that explain where you come from and why your family is the way it is. Humor, heartbreak and hard-won truths that deserve to be remembered.
But time doesn’t wait. When those voices are gone, their stories go with them. A Living Legacy Documentary preserves your loved one’s personality, their stories and their message to generations who will never get to meet them.
The gift that grows more valuable every year.
More than a video recording
Anyone can point a phone at Grandma. This is different.
The same care and craft we bring to our PBS broadcasts and award-winning institutional work.
01
Thoughtful interviews
We create conversations, not question lists. Pre-interview research draws out stories your family member may not have shared in years, or ever.
02
Professional quality
Proper lighting, broadcast-quality audio and cinematic framing, so your film looks and sounds beautiful for decades.
03
Narrative craft
Hours of footage become a story with structure, pacing and emotional arc, woven with photographs, music and graphics.
04
A comfortable setting
We come to you: a living room, the family home or a meaningful place, so your loved one feels at ease.
Choose your package
Three ways to tell the story
From one cherished voice to a multi-generational family film.
Standard
Family Portrait
Multiple perspectives, a richer story
- 2–3 interview subjects
- 30–45 minute final film
- Full-day filming session
- Photo integration
- Complete interview archive
- Two rounds of revisions
Premium
Legacy Collection
The complete family legacy
- Multi-generational story
- 60+ minute final film
- Multiple filming sessions
- Home movie digitization
- Family premiere screening
- Complete interview archive
- Three rounds of revisions
Every package includes professional production, narrative editing and a complete interview archive. Pricing is shared during your free consultation.
What you receive
Your complete documentary package
Nothing is lost. Every moment we capture is preserved.
The documentary film
A professionally edited film with music, graphics and narrative structure: the centerpiece.
Digital delivery
Files formatted for easy sharing with family near and far. Stream it, download it, share it.
Complete interview archive
Every moment we captured, unedited, including the stories that didn’t make the final cut.
Long-term preservation
Files stored in formats designed to last, so your great-grandchildren can watch decades from now.
How it works
From first conversation to final delivery
Easy for you, and comfortable for your loved one.
- Step 1
Free consultation
We talk about your family, who you want to feature and which stories matter most. No pressure, no obligation.
- Step 2
Pre-production planning
We develop interview questions from your family’s history, gather photographs and background, and plan location and timing.
- Step 3
Filming day
Our crew sets up in a home or meaningful place and conducts the interview as a natural conversation. Most sessions run 2–4 hours, with breaks as needed.
- Step 4
Editing & crafting
We select the most powerful stories, add music and photographs, and shape the narrative. You review a draft and share feedback.
- Step 5
Delivery & celebration
Your finished film arrives ready to share. Many families host a premiere screening to watch, laugh, cry and celebrate together.
Before the stories are gone
Whose voice does your family need to keep?
Start with a free, no-pressure conversation about the person you want to honor.