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Glendon to be featured on the big screen

Lights, camera, action. The Village of Glendon will be featured in a documentary called “Giants of the Prairies” highlighting the importance of tourism to rural Alberta communities.
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The Village of Glendon will be featured in the documentary “Giants of the Prairies.”

Lights, camera, action.


The Village of Glendon will be featured in a documentary called “Giants of the Prairies” highlighting the importance of tourism to rural Alberta communities.


“It’s a look at how important rural life is to the province,” explained director and producer Simon Morgan. “Hopefully, people will look at this and see how important it is to life in Canada.”


The movie is a short documentary focusing on Glendon, the Village of Donalda, and the Town Hanna.


Glendon and Donalda are examples of successful ways rural communities have harnessed the power of tourism to improve their village, such as Glendon’s giant pyrogy.


“These two are a ‘look at how they were able to (save their village), and how life is now, and how much tourism has affected them,’” Morgan explained.


He added, Hanna is in the process of figuring out how cto use tourism to save their town, and they’ll follow that story in the short film as it unfolds.


The project is trying to get funding from the Telus Storyhive 2018 Documentary Edition, and asked towns participating to get as many votes as possible.


Mayor of Glendon Laura Papirny said the village was excited to be asked to participate in the project, and that it can be good exposure.


“It highlights some of the issues that we face being a smaller municipality, the struggles, and what we’re trying to do to overcome that.”


She noted their involvement could increase the number of tourists visiting the area, and get their name out as a destination for those interested in exploring rural Alberta.


During his research for the project, Morgan recalled Glendon from previous filming done around the area.


“I just think Glendon has a very unique story, with the pyrogy festival, and it’s just sort of embraced the pyrogy itself. It’s given the village something to be remembered by and given so many positives in the village,” he said.


It will be announced on Sept. 7 which projects were selected to receive Storyhive grant funding.


Even if “Giants of the Prairies” isn’t successful in their application, Morgan hopes to find funding elsewhere.


“Even if we don’t get that we’re going to still try to go forward with the project. To get funding from some other sources.”

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