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- Production Assistant Blake Brown gets us started filming "re-enactment" visuals of Sequoyah and his wife and daughter in their "cabin "at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, OK.
- Cherokee Nation citizen James Greg Bilby in the role of Sequoyah. Photo by Karl W. Schmidt.
- Cherokee Nation citizen James Greg Bilby in the role of Sequoyah. Photo by Karl W. Schmidt.
- Cherokee Nation citizen James Greg Bilby in the role of Sequoyah. Photo by Karl W. Schmidt.
- Fortier and Howe begin filming "re-enactment" visuals of Sequoyah and his wife and daughter in their "cabin "at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, OK.
- Joshua Nelson discusses Sequoyah's aborted Cherokee numbering system with Sequoyah descendant John Ross. John Ross also is a descendant of the 19th century Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation (and his namesake), John Ross.
- Filming Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) and Joshua Nelson as they discuss her life-long career as a dancer, educator and "Beloved Edler" of the Cherokee Nation.
- Filming the Cherokee genealogy scene with Cherokee genealogist David Hampton, Sequoyah descendant Winnie Guess Purdue, and Joshua Nelson.
- Filming the "Fancher" scene with Joshua Nelson and Jeff Briley, Deputy Director, Oklahoma History Center.
- Filming with Joshua Nelson and Zaragoza based historian Alberto Galindo.
- The crew poses with ranch owners after filming the caves on their property in Zaragoza, Coahuila, MX.
- LeAnne Howe sits in as Fortier sets up the shot for an interview with Zaragoza historian Alberto Galindo.
- Fortier takes a break after a long hot day filming in Muzquiz and Nacimiento, Coahuila, MX.
- Having run out of daylight and with no production lights, the crew opts to record an audio interview with Dulce Robles Herrera (Negros Mascogos) of Nacimiento, Coahuila, MX
- Production Manager and translator Amanda Cuellar and Fortier prepare for a shot in Muzquiz, Coahuila, MX.
- Production Manager and translator Amanda Cuellar and Fortier film in Muzquiz, Coahuila, MX.
- Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) in the Zaragoza town plaza.
- Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) in the Zaragoza town plaza waiting for her next shot.
- Filming in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Howe and Nelson prepare for a scene with Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Filming in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Filming in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Filming in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Filming in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) and Joshua Nelson in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant) reflects over the grave marked "Cherokee" in the Morelos cemetery in Morelos, Coahuila, MX.
- Centro Cultural, Ernesto Julio T, Zaragoza, Coahuila, MX. L-R, Karl Schmidt, Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant), Tiffany & Joshua Nelson (back row), Alberto Galinda, Amanda Cuellar, James Fortier, LeAnne Howe.
- Filming in the Centro Cultural, Ernesto Julio T, Zaragoza, Coahuila, MX
- James Fortier in Zaragoza, Coahuila, MX.
- In Zaragoza, Coahuila, MX. L-R, LeAnne Howe, Alberto Galindo, Virginia Zertuche Flores (Mayor), James Fortier (in back), Winnie Guess Perdue (Sequoyah descendant), Tiffany Nelson, Joshua Nelson.
- Fortier and Nelson prepare a shot.
- Fortier, Howe and Nelson discuss an upcoming interview shoot.
- Filming a scene in Sequoyah descendant Verna Bates' art studio in Oklahoma.
- Producer/Writer LeAnne Howe prepares for an interview with Mosiah Bluecloud (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma).
- Filming in an old cemetery in Nacimiento, Coahuila, MX.
- Interviewing Charlie Rhodarmer, Dir. of the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, TN in 2016.
- Co-Producer and Host Joshua Nelson interviews Prof. Daniel Justice (Cherokee) of the University of British Columbia in 2016.
- After filming interview with Lynn Harlan, Public Affairs Dir. EBCI, North Carolina, 2016. L-R, Howe, Nelson, Harlan, Fortier
- Co-Producer and host/narrator Joshua Nelson interviews artist and Cherokee scholar Candessa Tehee of the Cherokee Nation, 2016.
- Fortier and Howe filming from their production van in Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico.
- It's a wrap!