56 I Am Rochester - With Garrett Wendt

Iroquois History and Legends

Andrew James Cotter

Canadian History, Iroquois, History, North American History, First Nations, Religion & Spirituality, American History, Education, Six Nations, Native America, Christianity, Native American, Indian History, Colonial History, Haudenosaunee

4.8 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This week Director Garrett Wendt joins the show to discuss his upcoming documentary. We talk about what inspired him to undertake this massive project. We touch on the Haudenosaunee influence on the Women's Rights movement, as well as learn about abolitionists Charle Finney and Fredrick Douglas. You don't want to miss this film! For more information click here: https://iamrochester.com https://www.facebook.com/RochesterMovie/

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0:00.0	Hello. Hello and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends.
0:26.5	I'm Andrew.
0:27.6	I'm Garrett Went.
0:28.8	As you can tell, Garrett is not Caleb.
0:30.9	Actually, today we have a very special guest.
0:32.7	We have Garrett Went.
0:34.1	And I'm going to be interviewing him.
0:36.0	I'm very excited about this because Garrett is working
0:38.1	on a very exciting project, not a podcast, but actually a documentary. I'm just going to be asking
0:44.1	him different questions and we're going to talk about it. Just have a great conversation and I
0:48.2	think that guys, by the time you're done listening, you're definitely going to want to check out
0:52.1	this film. It's going to be incredible, especially if you're a history fan, but even more so if you're an upstate New York history
0:59.9	fan. So Garrett, I just wanted to welcome you again. And thank you so much for taking the time to
1:06.7	drive over an hour to get here and actually no I just sit down and I appreciate you
1:11.7	give me the opportunity to tell people about what we're doing and I've enjoyed
1:16.4	listen I've listened to a few of your podcasts as well and seeing your love for the
1:21.7	Haudenoshone people so I share that with you so the name of your documentary
1:26.9	is called I Am Rochester.
1:28.9	And that can be kind of ambiguous and really open-ended.
1:32.7	So could you just tell me what is I Am Rochester and why did you decide to take on this?
1:39.8	Everything I know about Rochester history, it seems like a really ambitious project.
1:43.5	Right, right.
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