Bricklayer

Henry Grahm has been one of Savannah's most prominent bricklayers for over 40 years. So when I met Henry on the street in front of an apartment I was looking to rent (he was fixing a brick walkway) I got to chatting with him about doing a short documentary.

This project was an assignmnet for my "Directing The Documentary" class at SCAD and entailed finding someone with a unique profession that is both dirty and dangerous to some extent.

So after meeting Henry I thought he would be a great subject for my Documentary. He agreed with no hesitations!

Unfortunatly, I don't show much of my interview with Henry in this clip, but mostly just some b-roll I shot of him and his Grandson on the job. The full length Documentary is still a work in progress, as I was dissapointed in a few handheld shots. But rest assured, re-shoots are scheduled for Spring 2007.

The haunting blues track in the film was composed by Brett "The Hitman" Barnard, Savannah's "Best Bluesman!"

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• scad
• student
• short
• film
• documentary

[jezzastyle]

yo gangsta look at my ghetto scaffolding, 

it a bucket. i also use it to shit in at lunchtime.

[BarriosGroupie]

im glad he didn't do my wall

[pjgold30]

black people carnt lay bricks



[cndbrn791]

that's gotta be the messiest wall i've ever seen a monkey could do a better job!

[choclatesaltyballz]

bb king can build in honeycomb bond

[webwillie1]

The Mortar Joints have the Blues.

[MrJayzee101]

He sure likes his cement ;-)