O Pioneer reckons with and redefines the American pioneer.
This documentary follows three West Virginians—a blacksmith, a seamstress, and a hospital chaplain—as they creatively navigate hardship and call us to champion the pioneer within.
Narrated by lyricist and musician Kaïa Kater, the film weaves verité moments with archival footage, poetic vignettes, and dream-like animation—as Tim Hibbs, Nellie Rose Gundersen Davis, and James Morley humbly answer their calls to pioneer a way forward.
MEET THE Cast
BLACKSMITH
Tim ‘Beard’ Hibbs
Blacksmith and musician Tim Hibbs is a modern-day ‘Renaissance man’ living in his self-made mountain home in Queens, WV…
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SEAMSTRESS
Nellie Rose Davis
In the small mountain town of Thomas, WV, Nellie Rose Gundersen Davis is an avant- garde clothing designer and textile artist…
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CHAPLAIN
James Morley
James Morley serves as a hospital chaplain in Bridgeport, WV. Describing himself as a conduit that ‘inherits a room’ of souls, James willingly embraces…
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MEET THE NARRATOR
POET
Kaïa Kater
Kaïa Kater is a Grenadian-Canadian musician and poet. She studied Appalachian music in West Virginia.