A Conversation with Alana DeJoseph, Producer and Director

Alana DeJoseph has worked in video and film production for nearly 40 years as producer, director, videographer, and editor.  With this conversation, Ms. DeJoseph highlights her own career, spotlighting her most recent film production entitled, “A Towering Task,” a documentary which chronicles the Peace Corps from inception in the 1960s to today in 2021. Of her most recent documentary, she says: "In a time when the American public either has a very antiquated notion of the Peace Corps, informed by an almost mythological awe of the 60s, or is not even aware that the agency still exists, at a time when global problems such as climate change and pandemics are highlighting the need for international cooperation, it is high time to bring this unique organization back into the public discourse, to raise the level of the discussion from quaint to crucial."  She discusses the original and timeless Peace Corps mission, also how the Peace Corps evolved since inception. She closes with her thoughts on the relevance of the Peace Corps today in 2021, now 60 years on from founding.