The Ruins Podcast #6 Robert Tinnell
Tune in to listen to my conversation with a Hollywood filmmaker turned teacher turned land steward, Robert Tinnell. We talk creative process, our love affair with patches of dirt, the wide expanses between his generation of filmmakers and the new ones he is helping to train, and as always, unearthing optimism.

About this time last year, I got a cold call from Robert Tinnell, saying he had heard about The Ruins and would I be up for inviting his students in to film as part of their senior project. My enthusiastic yes led to a fascinating and intense few weeks of being surrounded by high tech cameras, microphones, and a different kind of creative process. A little taste of Hollywood in Whitsett!
We had a ball. Even the chickens made it into the movie. It’s still in the editing process, but we hope to see it on some kind of big screen …
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