Videos Production

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Watch. Listen. Learn. Remember.

 

The American Saudade, Inc. (ASI) Latest Videos and Stories page is our growing media center—a place where maritime history, cultural heritage, education, personal experience, and ASI's ongoing work can be shared through video, audio, photography, interviews, and written narratives.

Some stories are best preserved in a document. Others must be heard in a person’s voice, seen in an old photograph, or understood by watching an experienced mariner demonstrate a skill.

 

This page will bring those different forms of storytelling together.

 

It will include original ASI productions, recorded Zoom programs, oral histories, vessel updates, educational presentations, social-media stories, and selected third-party videos that contribute to ASI’s educational mission.

 

ASI Original Productions

ASI will produce original material documenting its programs, people, research, and maritime work.

 

Original productions may include:

• Interviews with mariners, veterans, fishermen, divers, engineers, and educators

• Portuguese and Cape Verdean family stories

• Oral histories

• Maritime-history presentations

• 360 Deep™ analysis

• S/V American Saudade refit updates

• SubSafe to SailSafe™ demonstrations

• Passage-planning and navigation discussions

• Great Circle Heritage Voyage preparations

• Museum, archive, and institutional visits

• Cultural programs

• Author and book interviews

• Student and volunteer projects

• Reports from Cabo Verde and other Atlantic islands

• Future field reports from the Heritage Voyage

• Short documentaries

• Photographic essays

• Recorded lectures and public presentations

 

These productions will become part of ASI’s permanent educational and historical record.

 

Going 360 Deep

 

The Going 360 Deep video series will apply the philosophy of 360 Deep™ to history, culture, maritime affairs, and current events.

 

Rather than treating a subject through one isolated explanation, 360 Deep will examine the historical, political, economic, environmental, cultural, religious, technological, geographic, strategic, and human factors surrounding it.

 

Programs may begin with one photograph, statement, vessel, person, or event and then expand outward.

 

The purpose is not to deliver a predetermined conclusion. It is to demonstrate how serious inquiry develops:

• Begin with a question

• Identify what is known

• Examine the evidence

• Compare sources

• Consider context

• Recognize competing interpretations

• Identify what remains uncertain

• Continue asking why

 

Selected videos may be supported by reading lists, source notes, maps, photographs, timelines, or related material in the ASI E-Library.

 

Interviews and Oral Histories

 

A person’s experiences may contain knowledge that cannot be recovered from an official document.

 

ASI hopes to record interviews with:

• Merchant Mariners

• World War II veterans and their families

• Navy and Coast Guard veterans

• Commercial fishermen

• Commercial divers

• Shipyard and waterfront workers

• Engineers and deck officers

• Packet-trade and whaling descendants

• Portuguese and Cape Verdean community elders

• Active mariners

• Historians and researchers

• Museum and archive professionals

• Educators, authors, artists, and cultural leaders

• Immigrants and members of the diaspora

• Families preserving maritime photographs and documents

 

Whenever possible, an interview should preserve names, dates, vessels, ports, occupations, locations, and the larger circumstances surrounding the story. Memories may be personal and subjective. ASI will respect the voice of the person being interviewed while distinguishing personal recollection from independently verified historical fact when that distinction is important.

 

Interviews may also become part of the Family Albums, Maritime Heritage collection, and E-Library.

 

The S/V American Saudade

 

The S/V American Saudade will be one of ASI’s principal educational subjects.

 

Video updates may document:

• The Crealock 37 design

• Hull and underwater work

• Engine and propulsion systems

• Electrical and renewable-energy planning

• Steering and self-steering

• Rigging, sails, and deck systems

• Navigation and communications

• Safety equipment

• Potable-water and sanitation systems

• Inspection and testing

• Sea trials

• Crew training

• Deficiencies and corrective action

• Passage planning

• Preparation for the Heritage Voyage

 

The goal is not to make the work appear effortless. The complications, delays, design choices, failed tests, corrections, and lessons learned are part of the educational value.

 

Progress will also be connected to Current Projects and SubSafe to SailSafe™.

 

Zoom Classes, Lectures, and Conversations

 

ASI will use Zoom and related platforms to expand access to educational programming.

 

Recorded programs may include:

• Virtual classes

• Guest lectures

• Interviews

• Panel discussions

• Moderated debates

• Museum presentations

• Author conversations

• Maritime demonstrations

• Project meetings with educational value

• Question-and-answer sessions

• Cultural exchanges

• Live reports from other locations

• Collaborative programs with schools and institutions

 

Participants will be informed when a session is being recorded and how the recording may be used. Speakers, panelists, and interview participants should provide appropriate permission before their image, voice, presentation, or materials are published.

 

Programs involving minors will require appropriate parental or institutional permission and safeguarding procedures.

 

Recordings may be edited for length, clarity, sound quality, privacy, and educational presentation. Editing should not intentionally distort a participant’s meaning.

 

Learn more about ASI Education.

 

Selected Videos from Other Producers

 

ASI may feature or link to YouTube videos, documentaries, lectures, vessel tours, museum programs, interviews, and other media created by independent producers and organizations.

 

These selections may help visitors:

• Explore a vessel similar to the S/V American Saudade

• Understand a technical system

• Visit a distant museum or historic site

• Hear an important lecture

• Compare historical interpretations

• Learn about an Atlantic island or community

• Examine maritime operations

• Better understand current maritime events

• Discover a producer whose work deserves wider attention

 

Whenever practical, ASI will identify the producer, program title, original platform, and source link. Third-party YouTube videos should be embedded from or linked to the producer’s authorized upload rather than copied and re-uploaded by ASI.

 

ASI may provide an introduction explaining why the video was selected, how it relates to our mission, and what questions viewers may wish to consider.

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Educational and Third-Party Content Disclaimer

 

Selected third-party videos and other external materials are presented or linked for educational, research, commentary, and informational purposes. Unless specifically stated, American Saudade, Inc. did not create, produce, or commission this material. All copyrights, trademarks, images, music, and other rights remain with their respective owners.

 

The inclusion of third-party content does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the producer, organization, opinions, interpretations, products, or services presented. ASI encourages viewers to consult additional sources and reach their own informed conclusions.

 

A linked or embedded video may be changed, restricted, or removed by its owner or platform. ASI cannot guarantee the continuing availability or accuracy of external content. Rights holders who have a concern about material featured on the ASI website may contact the organization for review.

 

Social Media and the Permanent Archive

 

ASI’s media platforms serve different but connected purposes.

• The ASI website is the permanent headquarters and organized archive.

• Facebook supports community discussion, sharing, and participation.

• YouTube’s Going 360 Deep channel serves as the principal video and documentary collection.

• Instagram can highlight photographs, short videos, artifacts, and visual stories.

• LinkedIn can support professional, educational, nonprofit, and institutional outreach.

 

An interview or story may first appear on social media, but whenever possible, preserve and organize important material on the website.

 

Social-media posts move quickly and can disappear from public attention. The website keeps stories connected to related people, places, projects, sources, and educational resources.

 

Visit Social Media Links to follow ASI across its platforms.

 

Standards for ASI Media

 

ASI-produced material should seek to meet several basic standards:

• Identify sources whenever practical

• Separate documented fact from interpretation

• Correct significant errors

• Obtain permission for interviews and contributed material

• Respect privacy and cultural sensitivity

• Credit photographers, filmmakers, authors, and institutions

• Avoid altering quotations in a way that changes their meaning

• Distinguish ASI productions from third-party content

• Provide context for archival material

• Use captions or transcripts when resources permit

• Preserve original files and production records

• Disclose material conflicts of interest or sponsorships

• Avoid presenting speculation as established fact

 

These standards support the credibility of ASI’s educational mission.

 

Share a Story or Recommend a Video

 

ASI welcomes recommendations from mariners, families, educators, historians, students, museums, cultural organizations, and members of the diaspora.

 

You may wish to:

• Recommend an educational video

• Suggest a person for an interview

• Share a maritime story

• Identify people in an old photograph

• Propose a lecture or panel discussion

• Submit a vessel or port story

• Recommend an author or book

• Offer historical footage

• Participate in a Zoom program

• Help produce, edit, caption, or translate a video

 

A recommendation should explain who created the material, where the original can be found, and why it is relevant to ASI’s mission.

 

Those interested in contributing can also visit Volunteer or explore institutional Partnerships.

 

Every Story Is Part of a Larger Voyage

 

The history of the Atlantic was not created only by famous explorers, political leaders, or admirals.

 

It was also created by engineers, fishermen, Merchant Mariners, divers, deckhands, cooks, stewards, radio operators, shipyard workers, mothers, fathers, immigrants, teachers, and families waiting ashore.

 

Their experiences deserve to be preserved.

 

Watch the voyage. Hear the voices. Share the stories. Continue the history.

 

ACTA NON VERBA — Deeds, Not Words.

 

The principal associated links are:

• 360 Deep™

• Education

• E-Library

• Maritime Heritage

• Family Albums

• S/V American Saudade

• SubSafe to SailSafe™

• Current Projects

• Social Media Links

• Volunteer