Retired media personality Graham Bell has turned his skills to documentaries and will screen his latest release, The Bellinger Valley Through The Years, at the Bellingen Golf Club this Friday night at 8pm.
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Known for his work with ABC and community radio, Graham came to film via a notice in the paper calling for interested persons keen to make videos.
"I'd just left the ABC when I saw the advert looking for 13 people to learn film making,” Graham said.
"There must have been 200 or so turn up for the interviews and I thought I wouldn't have much chance but they picked me as one of the lucky ones and that's how it began … by accident really, but it's been a lot of fun and some hard work as well.”
Graham undertook an intensive nine week course to learn the ropes.
There have been several volumes on the history of Coffs Harbour, the Rusty Iron Rally in Macksville, along with special insights into many great characters.
"It takes at least three months to do the research and then putting each DVD together can take much longer,” Graham said.
"From buying history books to visiting libraries and tracking down images to record. All the production is done at home from burning the discs to printing the covers.
"It's all hands on to get it right and a real cottage industry.”
The DVDs are available for a nominal fee and will be on sale on Friday night at the Golf Club.
For more information email grahambell.coffs@gmail.com
