Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Dayton’s legacy as the city of innovation was only strengthened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new documentary aims to tell that story.
“We Still Make Things,” a film directed by 2006 Wright State University grad and Dayton native Ian Cook, documents the partnership and creative problem-solving of local agencies, including a Piqua car part manufacturer, that tackled the looming PPE shortage at Miami Valley Hospital in the early days of the pandemic.
The 13-minute documentary, which had its premiere at the 2021 Cleveland International Film Festival in April, will be screened beginning June 10 at the Neon Movies, 130 E. Fifth St., Dayton.
“Drawing on the city’s innovation and manufacturing roots, an unlikely team came together to make sure medical workers had the protection they needed to face the uncertainty ahead,” writes Hard Road Pictures, Cook’s production company.
After graduating from WSU, Cook moved to Washington, D.C., for about eight years before moving back to Dayton in 2019. During his time in D.C., Cook was part of numerous large filmmaking projects that promoted environmental conservation, primarily shooting documentaries for the Sierra Club.
