Papa is a short, 13-minute documentary on my grandfather - Seth Scarborough. It was my junior film project while at the University of Southern Mississippi Film School. Papa is a presentation of my memories of my grandfather and his love of boats and boat building. And his never ending process of building and rebuilding new parts for his boat - in order to, as he used to put it, “ware out, not rust out.” - His philosophy on keeping busy in one’s old age. Ultimately I tried to make a film about the endurance of the human spirit. The notion that, if you have something you enjoy, or dream you have -to never give it up.
