Alysha Burney Haver & Nathan Havey

Alysha Burney (00:01):

Hi there, this is Alysha Burney.

Nathan Havey (00:02):

And I'm Nathan Havey.

Alysha Burney (00:03):

Thank you so much for taking some more time to learn about our work. My dad, Jim Havey, started the company Havey Pro Cinema in 1979. He has been a staple in the Colorado filmmaking scene since then, mainly producing historical documentary. I joined the company about 14 years ago and learned so much from him from how to edit, how to shoot and just really how to put together a compelling piece of media that informs and inspires people. He sadly passed away in January of 2024, and we're so happy to be able to continue his legacy with our work.

Nathan Havey (00:46):

Yeah. What I remember from my dad's films is that he really wanted to help people understand how we got here. So it wasn't just history for history's sake, it was history to help inform the current moment so that this generation can chart the path forward. And the piece that we have here is The Great Divide, which is a really ... He said it was his favorite piece of his career. And it involved getting all of the different water districts in Colorado to actually agree on something, which might be the only time anybody's ever had that happen. But the film really is a piece that helps people to understand the systems that were put in place that have water. One of the most basic fundamental things you need for life happened here in Colorado and how that has been achieved. It is a Gordian knot of policy and personality, and it's really an incredible story.

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And once you understand the systems, you never see water the same way again.

Alysha Burney (01:52):

Next to The Great Divide, you'll see the piece my brother and I worked on with other people, of course. We cannot do this without a lot of other support, but we are producing a series for YouTube called Field Notes, which is exposing how the coffee we drink actually gets from the farm to your cup.

Nathan Havey (02:13):

And with this one in particular, it's an episode that we call child labor. And Alicia and I were both on site filming this and we're there for the editing process. And it is a pretty stunning revelation about what child labor is, what it isn't, and how essential child labor is to make coffee happen in the world. And it's not just about coffee. This is true for many different agricultural products and commodities that come from different places around the world, but it really is something that I think challenges us in the United States to wrestle a little bit with the way that our economy still is perpetrating some of the things that we might not like to look too closely at about the way that colonialism worked. And so this is another example of really understanding how we got here. And it's for us to decide if we're comfortable with that and if this is something we might want to take a look at as we chart our path forward.

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Alysha Burney:

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Hope you enjoy!