Seattle, What Happened?
From rainy backwater to tech-driven powerhouse, Seattle has zoomed from obscurity to global leader in just over 100 years. How did it start? What caused the revolution? Where will it go? These questions will be answered in a new 2-part documentary Series, produced by Documentaries Seattle in conjunction with Fidget Films and local KCTS 9. Over 50,000 people move to the Region every year, yet few of them understand why a vast rainforest transformed itself into one of the world’s leaders in technology, aerospace and retail. Better education makes better citizens to lead us into the future. This 3-hour Series will air on KCTS for 10 years and will be used as a visual history in all 4thand 7thgrade Washington State History classes. Join us as we tell this amazing story.
““The Seattle History Series will make significant contributions to public awareness and education about important events in our regions past, and how they continue to shape emerging trends in culture, arts, politics and our economy””
Donations and grants are now being accepted to finalize this project. through Documentaries Seattle. We have a WA State Filmworks grant that we need to have full funding of our project by February 15, 2024 to receive.
Production will commence February 2024. We have all our research finished and most of show ones scripts written.
Dante Marioni, Artist
Dante is still pushing the creative limits of glass art in his Seattle studio and is at the top of the 3rd generation of “Maestros”. His Italian mentor influences show in everything he creates. His story is remarkable, being at the right place with the right people at the right time. In interviewing Lino Tagliapietra on March 16th 2023 while his last visit to Seattle about Dante, he says “If Dante was in Murano working in a factory, he would be called a Super Mastero, the top in all of Murano for sure the Primo Piazza the first one”. He also says “A film on Dante is very important so the world outside of Seattle and glass collectors can see what this man can create artistically.
Hazel Wolf, Opening Doors
Hazel Wolf (March 10, 1898 – January 19, 2000) was an activist and environmentalist who lived in the Seattle area for most of her life. Born in 1898 to an American mother and a Canadian father, she lived to see three centuries before her death at 101 years of age on January 19, 2000.
As a member of the Communist Party, she was active in immigration issues and was at one point nearly deported herself. Though later, she was granted citizenship. During the later years of her life, she became known as an environmental activist and coalition builder across boundaries of race, gender, and class. Wolf also served as secretary for the Seattle Audubon Society for 35 years.