Legacy Films by Black Atlas
A cinematic documentary about one person's life, made with your family and kept by the generations after you.
What a Legacy Film holds
The voiceA long, unhurried interview in their own words.
The placesThe house, the street and the town that made them.
The archivePhotographs, letters and home movies, restored.
The peopleThe family and friends who know them best.
We sit down with the person at the center of the film for a long, unhurried interview, lit and recorded the way we shoot our own films. We return to the places that matter, gather the photographs, letters and tapes, and talk to the people who know them best.
Then we shape it into a film: a real story structure, a considered score and an image you will be glad to watch on a big screen in thirty years.
How it works
Your timeline and review rounds are agreed in writing before filming begins.
A free call or visit. We learn about the person, the family and what the film should hold.
We gather photos, letters and home movies, plan the interviews and choose the places to film.
One to several days with a small, quiet crew, at home and wherever the story lives.
We build the story, restore the archive, grade the image and score the film. You review two cuts.
A screening for the family, then the finished film and archive delivered to keep.
Commissions
Every Legacy Film is different, so we quote each one after a first conversation with your family.
Tier I · 8–12 minute film
Starting at $4,800
Tier II · 20–30 minute film
Custom quote
Tier III · 45 minutes or longer
Custom quote
Every Legacy Film is quoted after a free consultation. Additional interviews, archive beyond the included allowance, original score, travel outside Los Angeles County and rush delivery are quoted as add-ons.
Who sits across from you
Black Atlas interviews are directed, not just recorded. The team behind our feature and sports documentaries has sat across from fighters, founders and public figures, and brings the same patience to a parent or grandparent telling their story on camera.
We light and mic the room properly, then keep the crew small and the pace unhurried.
Privacy
A Legacy Film is private by default. We never publish, screen or share any part of it without your written permission, and everyone on our crew works under confidentiality.
You receive the finished film and the right to share it however your family chooses.
It depends on the length of the film, the number of interviews and filming days, travel and how much archive we restore. We send a written quote after the first conversation.
Parents and grandparents whose stories the family wants to keep, couples marking a milestone, and families preserving the history of a home, a business or a migration.
A Legacy Film is a documentary: a directed interview, a story structure, restored archive, a score and a cinema-quality image. It is made while your loved one can tell the story in their own words, and it is built to be watched for generations.
We film in short sessions at home, at their pace. Interviews can be spread over several days.
Yes. We can travel to them, with travel quoted separately, or discuss a remote interview option during your consultation.
Yes. A Legacy Film can be commissioned by a child or grandchild as a gift. We help plan the first conversation so the person at the center feels at ease.
Tell us whose story you want to keep.
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