Extroardinary Elders Film Project

An episodic web series where youth interview profound elders.

The Extraordinary Elders Film Project is an interview series where children interview profound elders of the community. Children were taught to conduct interviews and were then paired with community elders for interview sessions. Produced by Busi Peters-Maughan and filmmaker Marc Furi, the series exhibits the importance of recording the wisdom of these elders so their stories can be passed on to future generations.

Extraordinary Elders Film project feat. Ms. Elizabeth Cloud

Sisters, Safiya, age 8 and Inaya, age 12 interview Elder, Elizabeth Deatrice Cloud, age 98! Ms. Cloud is a long time resident of the Sunnyside area of Houston. She shares with the girls what her neighborhood was like back in the 1950s and what grade school was like in her youth.

PRESS: Op Ed in Houston Chronicle

Essay: Houston’s extraordinary elders share their stories with younger generations in new documentary series

Extroardinary Elders Film Project feat. Coach John Wilkerson

Extraordinary Elders Film Project featuring John Wilkerson, legendary tennis coach who trained Zina Garrison and the Williams sisters as children.

Extraordinary Elders Film Project feat. Dr. Thomas F. Freeman