Lindsay Taylor Jackson

Filmmaker, Director of Photography, and Photographer

This documentary feature film is the extraordinary story of Jaroslav and his fearless effort to pursue his lifelong dream of sailing around the world. He has spent over forty years building his boat by hand in his backyard in the landlocked country of former Czechoslovakia. Forty years ago when he started building his boat, he was living under a harsh communist rule which allowed him very little sailing to foreign waters. He still had the hope of someday gaining the freedom to sail in these prohibited oceans. He continued to build his boat and earn the miles of his captain’s license little by little during the one time of year citizens were allowed to sail in certain designated locations.

The Velvet Revolution of 1989 was the fall of Communism which allowed the citizens of former Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) to gain long lost freedoms. Jaroslav would continue to build his boat for many more years, but with a renewed independence of reaching the once forbidden waters. Follow our film through this beautiful story about hope, the journey to freedom, the philosophical wisdom shared with aging, and the perseverance against all odds to reach his lifelong dream of unlimited sailing.

Velvet Citizen (2014 - 2020)

A Good Wolf [Working Title] is a feature-length documentary that explores three diverging viewpoints within the context of the lengthy, emotionally charged, and continuing battle over how wolves (and bears) are managed at the northeast boundary of Denali National Park. // Director Ramey Newell

A Good Wolf

Some stories take six months and 2,180 miles to tell: Navigating THRU follows the journey of several women as they thru-hike the entire Appalachian Trail. Every year, thousands of people attempt a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, but only 1 in 4 will be successful. Of those who are successful, just 25% are women.

Navigating THRU

Students of a special boarding school for kids with learning disabilities are challenged to learn about and recite the Gettysburg Address.

The Address

Some stories take six months and 2,180 miles to tell: Navigating THRU follows the journey of several women as they thru-hike the entire Appalachian Trail. Every year, thousands of people attempt a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, but only 1 in 4 will be successful. Of those who are successful, just 25% are women. Navigating THRU follows several women attempting a thru-hike of the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail and discovering what it takes to become "the 25% of the 25%". This film explores the everyday struggles any thru-hiker faces, as well as what it means to be a woman on and off the trail. The terrain type along the trail changes dramatically from state to state, with lush forests, rolling hills, muddy wetlands, rocky cliff sides, and steep balancing acts. This feature length documentary is told using a third person perspective, unique from many hiking films, over the period of nearly six months. During this time, and carrying advice from previous seasoned thru-hikers, filmmakers Lindsay Taylor Jackson and Patrice Kincade lived like and were true thru-hikers. They hauled water and gear, slept in a tent, prepared their own food, scaled new heights, and traversed thousands of miles all with a camera in hand. One camera traveled the entire length of the trail with Cinematographer, Patrice Kincade, who was ready at any moment to capture the trail's unpredictable experiences. Navigating THRU works to represent, make space for, and empower more women in the outdoors.

A teaser reel of Jackson’s images from the film:

Navigating THRU (2015 -2019)

In the Spring of 2011 (my junior year of college), I applied and got accepted into the film school, FAMU in Prague of The Czech Republic. With this opportunity to study at one of the world's oldest and best film schools, I took several courses in film production and critical studies. This film is one that my group and I worked on for several months. This piece involved working closely with translators and was shot over a course of three days on the ARRI SR3, using 16mm color film and sync sound. My role on this film was the cinematographer.