January 11, 2018 | Dig the Dunes | By Matt Werner |<\/p>\n
Patricia Wisniewski held her camera as she stood among a group of big, burly guys and one woman holding guns at a firing range. The woman asked her, \u201cDo you shoot?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Canon,\u201d Wisniewski replied.<\/p>\n
A short time later, the group crowded into a room and Wisniewski stood before them and made her sales pitch. She asked for $80,000 and official sponsorship so she could make a documentary film. The group deliberated. She was nervous. Then a man stood up and said, \u201cI think we should do this.\u201d The group was the Diana chapter of the Izaak Walton League and those words of support launched \u201cEverglades of the North,\u201d a documentary about the Grand Kankakee Marsh. Momentum from that film rolled to \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability,\u201d about the Indiana Dunes.<\/p>\n
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