A couple of years ago, the Sacajawea production team had the most amazing experience along the Oregon coast. We went to film a teaser reel for Sacajawea, but it happened to be a complete snowstorm all up and down the coast - from California to Canada! There was a moment of wondering what we should [...]
Category: Sacajawea the movie
And, the Blind shall See…
If there's one thing I've learned on Sacajawea's illuminating and sometimes crazy path, it's that our greatest purpose may not be what we think. Many times, when I thought I knew something... it turned out in a completely different way. And, there was always something to be learned about my dream, about my Calling... One [...]
Interview about the Windcatcher, Sacajawea
Photo: Jane returned to Fort Rock in 2015 with the completed Sacajawea script, to close the circle and fulfill her promise. January 28, 2016 -- Screenwriter, Jane L. Fitzpatrick, always believed in her heart she should write this story. Her life has been filled with “connections” leading her closer to its creation. Growing up in [...]
When will you hear your heart song?
In 2012, I wrote this blog on my website. It seems an eternity ago, and so much has happened in the interim. In 2012, it had been 9 years since I started writing the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher, from a manuscript I began in 1989... Yes, 32 years ago, I sat on Fort Rock in [...]
I remember my vision from when I was a young girl –
From Walking With Sacajawea: DESTINY, a visual journey by Jane L. Fitzpatrick “I saw myself sitting on a narrow strip of land that seemed to never end, weaving along the edge of the sea. Water crashed and climbed over the sand, again and again, creeping up higher toward me. A mist hung in the sky [...]
What an awesome, unexpected night for a first-time screenwriter!
August 22, 2013 - I had arrived in Los Angeles a year earlier, determined to get my script, Windcatcher: The Story of Sacajawea, made into a movie. I didn’t know what to do, who to talk to, or what the next steps would be - but I was there in faith. On the trip down, [...]
Jane L. Fitzpatrick, Writer 