Anne Goetze and Nathan Collie have been documenting the Middle Tennessee landscape for many years through photographs and video. Now they have collaborated with editor and videographer Ken Tucker to create a documentary, The Living Land, to bring awareness, a spirit of conservation, and beauty into our lives through nature, music, and poetry.
In the documentary, the rich sights and sounds of nature in Middle Tennessee are traced through all four seasons, accompanied with narrated poetry and music. Native American singer/songwriter Bill Miller also contributes music and reads from the Native American Book of Wisdom.
This documentary is intended to encourage and inspire us to become more active in protecting and conserving the resources of Middle Tennessee—and the earth itself—for future generations, as well as to expand access to the arts as a pathway to well-being.
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Anne Goetze
An award-winning artist and photographer, dedicated to land conservation with work in the collections of The Booth Museum, Tennessee State Museum, Vanderbilt Children’s, Psychiatric, and Cancer Centers, and private international collections.
Nathan Collie
A bird and wildlife photographer and videographer who is dedicated to conservation. He is the author of the recently published illustrated book, Moments with Birds, which features photos of birds he has photographed in Tennessee.
Ken Tucker
An Emmy award-winning producer, editor, and videographer as well as a conservationist, who has produced episodes of the PBS outdoors show Tennessee’s Wild Side. He has been recognized by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation as Conservations Communicator of the Year.
Key Contributors & Sponsors
Executive Producer
Anne Goetze
Directors of Photography
Anne Goetze and Nathan Collie
Editors
Ken Tucker and Nathan Collie
Narrators
Bill Miller, Elizabeth Tucker, Ken Tucker, Patti Freeman, Paul Kingsbury
Interviews
- Senator Bill Frist - Global Nature Conservancy
- Tracy Frist - Tennessee Nature Conservancy
- Alice Hudson Pell - TennGreen Land
- Dorie Bolze - President, Harpeth Conservancy
- Alex Beasley - Nature Lover
Sponsors
- Calvin and Marilyn LeHew
- Beth and Preston Ingram
- Mark and Melinda George Family
- Lise and Mac Davis
- Center for Sustainable Stewardship
- The Heritage Foundation
- Richard and Judith Bracken
- Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
- Rick and Elaine Warwick
- Mark and Theresa Tillinger
- Del, Carolyn and Tad Bryant
- Rogers Anderson
- Allen and Shawne Sills
- Ashley Judd
- The Naomi Judd Mental Health Clinic
- Steve and MaryLee Bartlett
- David and Renee Bates
- John and Talbot Grimm
- John and Melinda Noel
- Pam Lewis
- Lisa Harless
- Johnny and Shelly Birdsong Family
- Brian and Lisa Crary
- Patti Polk
- Danny Anderson
- Cianciolo Painting
- Chris and Tina Cianciolo
With Special Thanks
- Joe Elmore
- Bill and Tracy Frist
- Dan and Suzanne Hays
- Bonnie Garner
- Judy Skeen
- Dorie Bolze
- Bari and Alex Beasley
- Alice Hudson Pell
- Julie Tucker
- TennGreen
- The Nature Conservancy
- Williamson County Parks and Recreation
- Franklin Parks
- Radnor Lake State Park and Steve Ward
- Warner Parks
Media & Press
Threads of Nature
The Living Land Documentary
Anne Goetze and Nathan Collie have been documenting the Middle Tennessee landscape for many years through photographs and video. Now they have collaborated with editor and videographer Ken Tucker to create a documentary, The Living Land, to bring awareness, a spirit of conservation, and beauty into our lives through nature, music, and poetry.
Published: Fall 2024, Your Williamson
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