PROJECT STATUS
The Ash Grove film project began in 2006 under the direction of Aiyana Elliott, Sundance-award-winning daughter of Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She interviewed more than thirty people associated with the Ash Grove as performers, staff, friends, supporters and members of the audience.
They filmed and recorded the Ash Grove's 2008 50th Anniversary UCLA Royce Hall sell-out concerts and workshops and the organizing of the event.
They gathered archival footage, photos, fliers and original taped Ash Grove performances. By 2010 the project was put on the back burner for several years, but in 2015 a new team was designated by Ed Pearl and the Board of Directors of the non-profit organization Ash Grove Music, Inc. The new team began work on the film under the supervision of Fred Aronow and continues to the present.
Adding new interviews and other footage, we are now have a fine cut of the film and are arranging licensing for the necessary archival film, photographs and music.
To complete the film, financing will be required for final editing, licensing, legal services and technical processing. We will take every possible course that cuts costs as long as we can tell the Ash Grove's story in a way that is as dynamic and engaging as was the Ash Grove itself.