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My role isn't to arrive with answers, but to listen long enough for better questions to emerge. Grounded in oral history, I approach every project with curiosity, humility, and the belief that the most meaningful stories are often the ones we don't expect to find. Trust, careful listening, and long-term relationships are the foundation of every film I make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577594599126-WEUCPJZF10KLCZIQEBIL/Maggie+Lemere+swimming+in+Fiji.jpg Approach - Principle 2 Collaboration Filmmaking is, at its heart, a collaborative process. I believe the people whose lives shape a film should be partners in the storytelling journey, not simply subjects of it. Through long-term relationships built on trust, reciprocity, and shared purpose, I strive to create films that reflect the integrity of both the process and the people involved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577594630105-NWMXBRFRIIN65K19O9CZ/Young+woman+with+a+headscarf+in+the+middle+of+fields+in+Palestine.JPG Approach - Principle 3 Interbeing People and place cannot be understood separately. Every landscape carries memory, culture, and relationships that shape the stories unfolding within it. My work explores the connections between people and the living world, inviting audiences to see themselves not outside nature, but as participants within it. I believe that deepening our sense of connection is essential to both environmental stewardship and cultural belonging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577594676332-0MUKPHIW54I1MSU7EKN1/Havasu+Creek+coming+through+a+canyon.JPG Approach - Principle 4 Curiosity Every film begins with a question rather than an answer. I'm drawn to stories that embrace complexity, resist easy narratives, and invite audiences to look more closely. Curiosity creates space for discovery—not only for the filmmaker, but for the people who share their stories and those who encounter them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577594702417-2PIKJGOE4RSI01G764H0/Gorgeous+sierra+trees+with+mist.JPG Approach - Principle 5 Regeneration The stories we tell shape the futures we imagine. I'm interested in narratives that expand our sense of what is possible—stories that reveal resilience, creativity, and care alongside challenge. Rather than focusing only on what is broken, I hope my work contributes to the ecological, cultural, and community renewal already taking place around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577594723872-3VDNB5E8POVHW1VYG7R5/Maggie+Lemere+sitting+atop+Haleakala+on+Maui+looking+out+over+the+crater.JPG Approach - Principle 6 Reverence “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Wonder is not separate from responsibility—it is often where responsibility begins. The more deeply we experience beauty, awe, and connection with the living world, the more likely we are to care for it. My films seek not only to document what is at stake, but to celebrate what is enduring, beautiful, and worth protecting. https://www.maggielemere.com/work-with-me daily 0.75 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683091859-YKY9672R6Z1DM38FT8NI/350+logo.png Work with Me Logo for 350.org with the text '350.org' in blue and black lettering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683092652-V3E3FT4L90GLTJTQ3A51/Ashoka+logo.png Work with Me Logo with a blue tree and the words "ASHOKA" and "Everyone a Changemaker" beneath it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683092185-BOMZZ1HHC6LFU0IXOLDU/DC+Oral+History+Collaborative+logo.png Work with Me Logo of DC Oral History Collaborative featuring a red microphone icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683092137-MYKBVUBFUFZL6YNGXXVN/DC+Public+Library+logo.png Work with Me Logo of DC Public Library with a stylized blue 'L' and black and blue text https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683092661-8LWBAXQLYTJV79FSDOZ5/EarthRights+International+Logo.png Work with Me Logo of Carthaginas International with a green leaf, a hand, and text in yellow, black, and green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1577683094060-X0MURGEGOVYX8M4S539C/Georgetown+Institute+for+Women%2C+Peace+and+Security+logo.png Work with Me Logo for the G.I.W.P.S. 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Video My community or organization has a powerful story to tell. We’re looking for someone with the sensitivity, experience and storytelling ethics to tell it in a way that supports connection, healing and growth. I have a powerful idea I want to share but I have a hard time expressing it succinctly and powerfully so that it can travel to new audiences, and create yet greater impact. I want to work with someone who practices deep listening and honors the work that my community/organization and I do, while also bringing their expertise, experience and ideas to the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1578018993231-NHE671KRENMS3BJMUARH/Maggie+Lemere+interviews+a+middle+aged+woman+in+her+kitchen+for+an+oral+history+project.jpg Work with Me - Does any of this resonate? Oral History I work with an organization, group or social movement with a rich history that no one has ever taken the time to document directly from the voices and memories of those who made it what it is. I’m part of or work with a community or group of people whose story has not been explored, told, understood, or valued deeply enough. I want to document our story so that it’s not forgotten, and so that future generations can learn from us. I have an older family member, colleague or mentor whose story I want to capture before it’s too late. I want to honor the people in my group, organization or community by capturing their life stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df439bf46640e7d98c536a1/1578325752330-01BJUDWRHNNU925MF1H9/Workshop+materials.JPG Work with Me - Does any of this resonate? 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