DVDs by Brad Yazzolino

My newest DVD:

This Park Was Once a Village

Nine thousand years of history come together in a small park
near Portland, Oregon. Lewis and Clark wrote of a huge cedar house that they visited there. Native Americans today still remember it as Nichiqwli (Nee-chalk-lee) or "Stand of Pines", in the Chinook language.
New monuments and a Lewis and Clark reenactors' visit 200 years later, mark this important place near the Columbia River to help us all understand and remember.
"This Park Was Once a Village" is suitable for ages 8 - up.
Producer, Camera, and editing: Brad Yazzolino.
18 minute DVD ©2006 price: $18 (including shipping in US) (home use only)

Public performance licensed version: $25 (Please send an email request)

Lewis and Clark...and Who is That Black Man Standing Next to Clark?

An entertaining and educational look at York, William Clark's slave, the only African American on the Lewis and Clark expedition. First African American to "vote."
Co-Directors: Ron Craig and Brad Yazzolino.
Camera and editing: Brad Yazzolino.
22 minutes. DVD. ©2005.
Price: $18 (including shipping in US)

The First Ten Years of the Portland Juggling Festival

A history of one of the most popular West Coast juggling festivals. Held annually at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Producer and Director: Brad Yazzolino.
Videography and editing: Brad Yazzolino.
56 min. DVD, 2002.
Price: $16 (including shipping in US)

Fort Rock Cave Dedication

In 2000, the ownership of the cave made famous in 1938, near Fort Rock, central Oregon, where Archaeologist Luther Cressman found 9,000-year-old sagebrush bark sandals, passed from private ownership to the Archaeological Conservancy and then to the State of Oregon Parks Department. This film is a look at those events and the people who made it all happen.
Producer: Brad Yazzolino.
Camera and editing: Brad Yazzolino.
46 min. DVD.
Price: $16 (including shipping in US)

Coming Soon

The Ladd Carriage House, How a Portland Gem was Saved.

The Ladd Carriage House, built in 1893, was threatened with demolition in 2004 until a number of people responded by devoting time, energy, and capital to save and restore this elegant wooden building. This structure once housed horses, hay, and the stableman's family. It was located just west of the stately residence of an early settler of Portland, William Sargent Ladd. He was a philanthropic and well liked banker who was elected mayor of Portland twice, first in 1854. The documentary starts with Portland as a young riverfront town, and provides a full account of how in 2007, the Ladd structure was boldly saved from destruction. Then the entire Ladd Carriage House was moved away for eighteen months while the 21 story Ladd Tower was built. It has now been beautifully restored and returned to it's traditional street corner location, where it sits, gloriously. Photographed and edited by Brad Yazzolino. Release date: 2010.

If you would like to help support any of my documentary films that are currently in production, you can make a donation directly by using Paypal (not tax deductible.) Payments are simply processed by Paypal. Paypal membership is not required, it's just an easy to use and safe, credit card processor. Let me know which project you are donating to. Thanks. --Brad 

Hands Around the Reservoirs

In 2002, Portland City Council voted to cover the beloved early 20th-century reservoirs on Mt. Tabor in the center of the city. Security and public safety were cited as the reason, but neighbors protested and reminded the lawmakers that Portland's reservoirs and unique high-elevation watershed have proven themselves, and don't need to be buried. The entire system has a simple grace that is rare today. Nearly 100 years old, they faithfully produce some of the best drinking water in the nation. After a two-year skirmish, the city is now seeking a federal exclusion to keep its stately reservoirs uncovered. Photographed and edited by Brad Yazzolino. Release date: 2010.

Cedar Plankhouse at Cathlapotle

A documentary on the recent construction of a huge Chinookan cedar log house with monumental wood sculpture at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. Fourteen such houses were seen near this location by Lewis & Clark in 1806. Built over two and a half years by volunteers, Chinook tribal people, and USFW employees.
Photographed and edited by Brad Yazzolino. Release date: 2010.

Portland's Aerial Tram

The construction of the Pacific Northwest's newest landmark. Interviews with the people who designed, built, and orchestrated this engineering feat. Sure, it's expensive and controversial, but gliding quietly above the city is a beautiful and efficient way to travel. The tram ride will foster an appreciation of the rivers, the mountains, and the city that are so easily seen through the windows. Photographed and edited by Brad Yazzolino. Release date: 2010.

 

 

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