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Synopsis
The once thriving city used to be the second largest in the state, thanks to smelters and the steel mill plant known as CF&I (Colorado Fuel and Iron) but due to an energy crisis, economic recession, and a downturn in the steel industry in the 1980s, the Colorado city of Pueblo, 100 miles south of Denver, was going through a crisis.
On a national level, the turbulent 1960s civil rights and the 1970s anti-war movements were now coming home. The melting pot the city was known for was boiling. The city needed to change.
Through the use of interviews, home movies, newsreels and archival photographs, the documentary STEEL CITY OF THE WEST, through the eyes of a daughter, will not only reveal how a young 3rd generation Japanese American dentist and a family man became a statesman in Colorado politics, but it will also uncover the remarkable little-known story of a city and state that he helped to transform. The economic problems that occurred back then and the solutions of a community regardless of party and color lines are themes that are relevant today.
Bio
Jennifer has a background in television production. She began her career in news with a local NBC affiliate based in Denver as a production assistant. She has produced news, entertainment, and corporate videos in Hong Kong and New York City. Jennifer is the director/producer of the feature-length documentary, “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story." And she has been named a 2023 recipient for the Better Angels Lavine Fellowship, a component of The Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
