EP. 1816: Filmmaker Keenan Dunham (History of the Grand Strand)

WILDsound interviewed Keenan about his 11-minute documentary "History of the Grand Strand" focusing on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which won a Best Historical Documentary award. Keenan, who is from Myrtle Beach, created the film as his first directing project following advice from John Carpenter to just "do it" and take charge of filmmaking. The documentary features over 200 historical photographs from Jack Thompson, a 90-year-old local photographer who moved to Myrtle Beach in the 1950s and won a state civilian award during filming. The film highlights how Myrtle Beach has changed over the years, including the demolition of iconic landmarks like the Ocean Forest Hotel designed by the Washington Monument architect, and covers the city's founding story including its naming contest in 1912. Keenan plans to expand the project into a six-part 30-minute series covering more historical interviews, hurricanes like Hazel and Hugo, and additional archive footage, with future episodes featuring family members of prominent local families and continuing Thompson's story. —— Subscribe to the podcast: https://twitter.com/wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod —— Love for you to try the Indy Film Festival AP. • Daily new film festival of the best new films from around the world. New archived festival to watch anytime. • Library of over 500+ award-winning films to watch anytime. Go to https://www.wildsound.ca and sign up for the free 3-day trial. Check out the daily film festival (and previous ones from last month) at https://www.wildsound.ca/browse Always an amazing lineup of films. Inspiring for storytellers.