Legacy Video Samples
Did you know that happiness research has shown children who know their family’s story are happier and more resilient than those who don’t? These children often have what is called a stronger intergenerational self. They understand that they belong to something greater than themselves.
But the magic of legacy storytelling goes far beyond benefiting the next generation. For the storytellers themselves, recording a legacy interview becomes a profound journey of self-discovery. As they share their stories and reflect on their values, something remarkable happens: they gain fresh clarity about what has truly mattered in their lives.
Many people emerge from their legacy interview with unexpected insights—not just about their past, but about what they want to do next. It’s as if the act of looking back illuminates the path forward.
View a compilation of interviews with photo overlays—my foundational package:
MINI-DOCUMENTARY
Nurse Edna Haywood founded John Muir Health’s Concord hospital in 1930 at the age of 23. I travelled to Napa, California to interview five of her descendants, as Edna passed away in 1985. This is the short version from the 15-minute mini-documentary created to preserve the hospital’s legacy stories. View the full package of stories and interviews here. It’s a good example of a multi-generational legacy project.
MINI-DOCUMENTARY
True Grit; resilience, perseverance, integrity. This mini-documentary is the story of a California empire, built by a pair of unstoppable holocaust survivors. I travelled to Los Angeles, California to interview several family, friends, and colleagues to preserve Sol Kest and Jona Goldrich’s legacy on the event of Goldrich+Kest’s 60th Anniversary.
DOCUMENTARY: Excerpt
Enjoy the thoughts, wisdom and reflections of Don Carlson in this ethical will video as he shares on his morning ritual for expressing love to his wife, Barbara. What’s your family legacy?
INTERVIEW: Excerpt
Gary Bogue remembers the early days of the Lindsay Wildlife Museum. Part of the Walnut Creek Historical Society’s Oral History Project. View the full community project here.
INTERVIEW: Excerpt
Bill Del Monte, a native San Franciscan, was the last living survivor of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Enjoy this historical journey with Bill, who passed away just 11 days shy of his 110th birthday in January of 2016.
INTERVIEW: Excerpt
Mike Pergola, a Vietnam Veteran, shares with us his experiences in dealing with the aftermath of serving a tour of duty in Vietnam as a Medi-Vac Door Gunner. This was one of the very first legacy interivews I did back in 2008.
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