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Granddaughter uses grant to document Kalispell family history and immigrant experience
Summary
A filmmaker received a grant to produce a documentary tracing three generations of a Kalispell family, recording interviews, songs and archival recollections about immigration, life on Flathead Lake and World War II service.
Lindsay Walters Christian, a filmmaker and the granddaughter of family elders featured in the recordings, said she received a grant in February (year not specified) to make a documentary about her family’s history in and around Kalispell, Montana.
The project aims to examine the intersection of private family memory and public history, preserve stories the narrator called "untold," and explore why the family settled near Kalispell and Flathead Lake. "What I did know is that I had an interest in family history, a passion for filmmaking, and a window of opportunity to combine the two," Lindsay says in the recording.
Nut graf: The recording documents three generations of one family and mixes personal recollection, songs and filmed interviews to show how immigrant experience, small‑town life and wartime service shaped one Montana family. The work produced more than 16 hours of footage and prompted conversations among relatives that expanded the project’s scope.
Lindsay described…
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