Passage Film and documentary
Passage film was started by American filmmaker Kent Moorhead and Swedish journalist Pia Moorhead Törnberg. The husband-wife filmmaking team began Passage Film to make high-quality documentary films and to teach film & journalism to the next generation. Passage Film is two companies. In the US it is Passage Film Inc., incorporated in Florida. In Europe it is Passfilm AB, a Swedish company.
The Elephant in the Room: an american story
What do Mississippi blues, rebel flags, integration and race have to do with America’s fractured society and the January 6th Capitol insurrection? Everything, as it turns out. Kent Moorhead documented his decades-long journey escaping the Mississippi white supremacist mindset into which he was born. Along the way, he discovered his own journey mirrors that of his country.
The Elephant in the Room - a work-in-progress
The Elephant in the Room: an american story is Moorhead’s exploration of the history and politics connecting the southern racism of 1962 to the US Capitol insurrection of 2021 and Trump’s populist movement. America’s long-running conflict over multiculturalism is reflected in Moorhead’s personal story of the civil rights era, a time of great social progress and backlash too; a time of turmoil and conflict that is with us still.
The Elephant in the Room is in the final stages of post-production. .
Telling stories
Storytelling is the heart of good documentary. Pia Moorhead Törnberg brings the editorial perspective of an experienced journalist; she knows how to find the meaning-carrying details that bring the story home. Kent Moorhead knows how to film so that those details make it to the screen. He's an editor who can find the storyline in even the most difficult of footage.
Documenting life
Documenting life is more than turning on a camera and pointing it. It's also about learning to watch the action, and being able to guess what will happen next so you're ready for it. Most important of all is listening to the people who's stories you are recording, and knowing the context and worldview behind those stories.
Film workshops
Pia Moorhead Törnberg has been a journalism teacher at Stockholm University for twenty years. Kent Moorhead taught film in both the US and Sweden for fifteen years. They developed curriculum and hands-on pedagogy for film & journalism in all types of educational settings, especially workshop based instruction.
The Mississippi Project
The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement had many different initiatives, which were sometimes collectively called “The Mississippi Project”.
Kent Moorhead of Passage Film, Inc. has filmed over a hundred hours of interviews with participants in the Mississippi Movement. We want to tell this story by creating a series of short films under this name – "The Mississippi Project".
We also encourage you to check out our work on James Meredith.