Stories Worth Preserving
Backstory Media creates beautifully crafted video biographies and documentary films that honor personal legacy and collective history.
Backstory Media creates beautifully crafted video biographies and documentary films that honor personal legacy and collective history.
Legacy Films for Individuals and Families
We work with individuals and families to create intimate video biographies — capturing memories, values, and lived experience in the subject’s own words. These films become a lasting record, shared across generations.
Personal Video Biographies
Family Legacy Films
Films Marking Life’s Important Moments
Documentary Storytelling
Our documentary work preserves community stories and lived history — ensuring important voices are not lost to time. This work naturally grows from the same deep listening and interview craft that define our legacy films.
Voices of Resilience is a feature documentary that captures how Washington, DC, neighborhoods experienced and endured the events of 2020 — through firsthand accounts, reflections, and memories.
Designed as both a film and a permanent community archive, the project preserves voices for future generations.
Featured Project: Voices of Resilience
Thoughtful storytelling, guided by experience
Backstory Media was founded by an experienced journalist and filmmaker. Our work is grounded in trust, care, and respect — creating a space where people feel comfortable sharing their stories.
Every project is handled with the same documentary standards we bring to our long-form films.
“Going through the process was really special. It has been an incredible gift to our family.”
Thinking about preserving a story that matters?
If you’re considering a legacy film for yourself or someone you love, or would like to learn more about our documentary work, we’d be glad to talk.