John Paget, Filmmaker / Founder of First+Main Films
How I help
SPEAKING
How A Story Can Change a City

With film excerpts and anecdotes from a career making films about places, John Paget presents an entertaining and inspiring case for how storytelling can fight apathy, foster pride and change the trajectory of your community.

The civic story is not just about the past - it's the story of what your community is becoming.

Topics & themes include:

  • The vital importance and unexpected IMPACT of the civic story.
  • The threat of denarration: How our cities and communites are losing their story.
  • How a community can rediscover and tell its story.
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CONSULTation
Project Guidance
We're happy to advise on concepts or projects related to film and civic story.
Give us a call so we can meet and get to know more about your community or pending project.
Or if you're ready to book a one-hour session now, we've created a convenient calendly link below to get on our schedule.
Our rate is $250/hour.
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REVIEWS

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Upcoming + Recent Speaking Engagements
NOVEMBER 11 2024 - TULSA, OK - Film Screening of "Route 66: An American Odyssey" & Live Talk with Best-Selling Author Michael Wallis at Circle Cinemas - Special Event for 98th Anniversary of Route 66.
https://www.circlecinema.org/
OCTOBER 18 2024 - TORIN, ITALY - Virtual Appearance alongside Better Cities Film Festival Best of Fest screening at Stratosferica's 2024 Utopian Hours.
https://utopianhours.it/en/
OCTOBER 16-18 2024 - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Keynote at American Planning Association Washington State Chapter 2024 Conference
OCTOBER 13  2024 - KINGMAN, ARIZONA - Interviewed on "Coffee with Jim" official podcast of Jim Hinckley's America
https://jimhinckleysamerica.com/
JUNE 6 2024 - VIRTUAL EVENT - The Road Ahead Partnership - Film Screening of "Route 66: An American Odyssey" and post-film conversation with producer Jim Jenner and author Michael Wallis.
JANUARY 2023 - TROY, NEW YORK - The Future of Small Cities Institute - Film Screening and Talkback
JUNE 2022 - KATOWICE, POLAND - The 11th Session of the World Urban Forum - Civic Story Workshop
JUNE 2022 - CLAREMORE, OK - Will Rogers Memorial Musuem - Special screening of "Route 66: An American Odyssey" with post-film panel discussion featuring John Paget & Michael Wallis.
MAY 2022 - PRIEST LAKE, IDAHO - American Planning Association - Washington Chapter Inland Empire Section 2022 Conference - Keynote:  "Telling Stories That Advance Placemaking"
MARCH 2022 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 30) - Snackbite Session: "Bringing About Change."
JANUARY 2022 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Oklahoma History Museum- Special screening of "Route 66: An American Odyssey" with post-film discussion.
OCTOBER 2021 - BUFFALO, NY - TEDxBuffalo Event - "How a Story Can Change a Forgotten City"
FEBRUARY 2020 - ABU DHABI, UAE - The 10th Session of the World Urban Forum - Civic Story Workshop
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