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Pursing Fearless with Advocacy Through Filmmaking

Shaylan for Web

Episode 34

Pursing Fearless with Advocacy Through Filmmaking

with Shaylan Clark

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Show Summary

In this episode, Jessi chats with Shaylan Clark, a filmmaker with a passion for advocacy. Shaylan believes in justice for those who have been previously marginalized and uses her talent to bring awareness to causes like black lung and poverty in Appalachia.

Topics

  • Shaylan’s path to filmmaking – starting with theater and speech team, then really kicking off after getting into the Appalachian Media Institute. 
  • Taking stories of Eastern Appalachia and trying to give them justice by telling them in their truest form. 
  • Talking on the resiliency of people from small towns in Appalachia. And how that is a double edge sword.  
  • How Shaylan uses filmmaking to advocate for causes like black lung and poverty in Appalachia. 
  • A conversation between Jessi and Shaylan about the changes in entering the creative industry and how it still comes down to your network. 
  • Shaylan’s involvement with Sexy Sex Ed and helping to advocate for better sex education options, abortion rights and LGTBQ+ rights.

Resources

  • Higher Ground
  • Appalshop
  • Appalachian Media Institute 
  • Rural Urban Exchange
  • Kertis Creative 
  • Sexy Sex Ed
  • Small Doses by Amanda Seals
  • Just Breakup podcast
  • Trillbilly Worker’s Party
  • Sleep With Me podcast

Connections

  • sexysexed.org
  • Donate Online
  • Donate by Mail: 420 Main Street, Hazard, KY 41701
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