Ooggetuigen van de Gaswinning: Van idee naar een uniek videodocument

How do you turn an idea into a project that also has meaning and impact? Three and a half years ago, the idea came up to record on video the stories of people in Groningen affected by gas extraction. The project was meant to cover more than the last twenty years: it would span the entire period since Groningen gas was discovered in 1959. A unique video document Ooggetuigen van de Gaswinning (Eyewitnesses of Gas Extraction) has since become one of the largest oral history projects in the Netherlands and a unique video document. New interviews are still being recorded and added to the collection, and several spin-offs have grown out of it. In this session, creator and producer Erik Wijnholds shares his experiences and lessons learned, and gives practical tips. www.ooggetuigenvandegaswinning.nl