COLUMBUS, Ind. — Since September, Tamara Iorio has lived heavily in the past.
And now she anticipates a measure of the future with equal parts excitement and trepidation.
Her volunteer contributions since fall, along with others’ work for a big history project will hit the big screen April 17. So it will be when the first two parts of the Columbus Area Bicentennial documentary “It Began With Bartholomew” premiere for free at YES Cinema in downtown Columbus.
“I am thrilled,” said the Bartholomew County historian who wrote the script. “Yet, I am also a little nervous. Inevitably, there’s no way that we didn’t miss something — or wish that we had included maybe something else.
“So, I probably will feel sad the first time someone says. ‘Oh, I really wish you had included this or that.'”
A four-person volunteer team with an $11,000 budget from the Bartholomew County Public Library worked tirelessly with the Terre Haute-based media firm Envisionary to produce the five-part film with a range of recorded interviews, maps, file photos, drone footage, you name it. Local broadcasting veteran John Foster narrates.
Longtime Bartholomew County Historical Society volunteer Candy Carr conceived of the documentary idea.
“It is much more than what we envisioned,” Carr said. “We could not be happier. … It just kind of grew and grew. It’s something we’re very proud of.”
For the complete story, see Wednesday’s Republic.
