A screening with Ashley Maynor

The Story of The Stuff (USA, 2015, 72 min), a web documentary directed by Ashley Maynor
An investigation into America’s obsession with temporary memorials, The Story of The Stuff mixes documentary video and a personal essay as it tracks what happens to more than half a million letters, 65,000 teddy bears, and hundreds of thousands of other packages, donations, and condolence items sent to Newtown, Connecticut, in the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting. As Maynor tracks Newtown’s stuff, she also reflects on her experience of working in
Blacksburg, Virginia on April 16, 2007, the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

Ashley Maynor is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and librarian. She is a past recipient of the Sundance Institute’s
Sheila C. Johnson creative Producing Fellowship and the American Library Association’s Justin Winsor Prize. Maynor’s previous documentary, For Memories Sake, screened at venues including the Library of Congress, the Southern Circuit of Independent filmmakers, and at many film festivals.