TitleOral history interview conducted with Jake King on 2020 August 7.
Summary(1:00) Calling from Bay Ridge -- (1:15) Meditating, watching movies, working, cooking -- (1:52) Now streets crowded with walkers and diners -- (2:38) Early days of pandemic -- (5:00) Drawn to re-visit positive influences, Mr. Rogers, practice gratitude. Connecting to people, creative projects -- (6:42) Work: facilitates e-learning, remote teaching at Kingsborough Community College --(7:30) Submitted music video to Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (AoBFF) -- (8:00) Art of Brooklyn Film Festival: description -- (9:00) Worked as volunteer for festival. In 2018 became technical director for festival. Worked on social media for festival -- (13:07) Mutual support network: organizers, filmmakers, friends and family made festival a success -- (16:18) Misses personal interactions with filmmakers, staff, crew. Hopes next year will be in person -- (16:52) Festival preserves BrooklynÕs past -- (18:16) Next year would like to combine best parts of in-person and online festival -- (20:04) Hope for future: combination of communication and safety -- (20:26) Misses beach, visiting family at New Jersey -- (20:57) Hopes New Yorkers stay level-headed, kind, optimistic, like Mr. Rogers.
NoteAudio interview conducted on August 7, 2020, by Anna Zemskova. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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