Work on an Ozark Back-to-the-Land documentary is well underway. Longtime journalist Denise Henderson Vaughn and Andy Cline, a Missouri State University-Springfield journalism professor, are collaborating on the project, videotaping interviews with Ozark Back-to-the-Landers who came here in the 1970’s and ’80’s, and recently.
From the first Ozark Area Community Congress held in 1980, OACC has been an important venue for people in the movement to gather and share ideas. This year at OACC, the team will be videotaping selected presentations, coffeehouse performances, and individual interviews. Most remaining filming is expected to take place this fall (2022), and editing will be ongoing through the next year.
Contact Denise at dhvaughn56@gmail.com if you want to share your back-to-land story. We’ll be interviewing at OACC on Sunday this year.