Part Four: 6.08.09
Michael Covell was a professor of film at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, then one of the best film schools in the country. Michael was an underground documentary filmmaker, a wonderful human being and an extraordinary cinematographer. He was truly a renaissance man and passionate about sharing his knowledge of film making with others.
I knew he was the perfect choice for the documentary project but I decided instead to hire, Roy McKay, a young African American filmmaker who had just graduated from Howard University. Roy was a good man, but he had no real practical experience at film making either either, so we couldn't learn from one another. It was truly the blind leading the blind.
We struggled through our first documentary, on women in policing, shot mostly in Washington, DC and Dayton, Ohio. Thereafter, I quickly ended the relationship and moved Roy back to DC where he lived. Luckily Michael Covell was still available and very much interested in working with me. He laughed when he heard the “start-up horror" stories. It was the beginning of an incredible journey for both of us. NEXT: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES: PART FIVE
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