My small crew and I will return to Bryson City and Great Smoky Mountains National Park the weekend of October 12, 2013 for the fourth time for my documentary film Lost Souls of Lauada.  On Friday and Saturday, we will film interviews with persons who have close ties to the events that took place here seventy years ago, during the height of World War Two.

On Sunday, The National Park Service will open the North Shore cemetery access road for the only time this year.  This road is off of The Road To Nowhere, and goes about ten miles back into the wilds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  We will drive behind Mr. Lawrence Hyatt as he drives to Noland Creek, and the site where his family's home once stood.  During WWII, Mr. Hyatt's family was forced out of their home by the TVA (along with hundreds of other families).  Their home was then destroyed, as were all of the other homes.  We will film Mr. Hyatt (and others) recalling what it was like to have to leave his home behind, and his feelings about it all today.  Also on this day, members of The North Shore Cemetery Association will be at Wiggins cemetery for their annual decoration day.  We would like to film this as well.  We will also shoot lots of B-roll of the surrounding area and the spectacular Fall colors (which will nicely match the footage from when we shot there last October).  When we return, I will finally have all of the footage I need to assemble my first cut of Lost Souls of Lauada.