This week on the Cornerstone Podcast, Dr. Vic McCracken interviews the Story Producer for the Immigration episode of 30 Days, Kim MacQuarrie. Kim is a writer, a Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker, and an anthropologist who lived in Peru for five years, leading to the contact of an indigenous tribe of Amazonians called the Yora who who are the subject of his latest book The Last Days of the Incas.
We were honored that Kim could join us via Skype and think you’ll enjoy his reflections on the Immigration episode, the purpose behind his broader work–both as a filmmaker and as an anthropologist–and the ways working on the 30 Days project also challenged his views toward the issue of immigration and the people involved.
Dr. Campos concludes the episode with some reflections on the kind of hospitality she spoke of in her Spotlight presentation this morning.
Thanks again to Kim for joining our conversation this week. To see one of his award-winning rainforest documentaries or to read about his own college experience and how study abroad turned into a career, follow the links below.
Into Peru: Interview with Geographic Editions
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One response to “Immigration Producer interview”
A theme that I found very interesting in the cornerstone session, “Walk in My Shoes” as well as in the 30 Days episode on immigration was hospitality. One angle that I hadn’t considered carefully enough was how we too need to be open to receiving hospitality with humble hearts from those we would normally turn to serve. One instance that I think some of us may be able to relate to in the recent past was our service project where we went into the community to collect food for the less fortunate. Something I noticed with my group was that the neighborhood we were collecting from wasn’t the richest in town. Many looked as if they could use some help themselves. Yet, I found that these people gave more than I would have ever expected. I think we can tie this into the hospitality theme. When we were asking them to give of what they had, we had to be humble enough to accept whatever they had to give with great thanks, knowing that they didn’t have much. I saw a great deal of hospitality in these people of Abilene. I think it would be great to share other stories of giving or receiving hospitality on this blog! If anyone would like to share, I think it would be extremely interesting to hear different view points and/or experiences!