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Telling a Greater Story LCS alumni, Connor O’Brien and Campbell Rice of The Collection Media, produce their first feature-length documentary. Photos by “The Collection Media”
WINTER 2021
he story of Lakeland dates back to 1885. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have called it home and walked its streets. Now, over a hundred years later, with “The People Who Live There,” Connor O’Brien and Campbell Rice of The Collection Media, alongside Paige and Chase Wagner, have told the stories of the historic homes that hold the history of Lakeland within. “The People Who Live There” was born out of a necessity for innovation and creation in the confines of a pandemic. The filmmakers, both Connor O’Brien (‘15) and Campbell
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Rice (‘17), are alumni of LCS. And O’ Brien credits his time at the school with setting him on the path that would lead him to where he is today. “That young man didn’t know the scale of which LCS was about to change his life,” says O’Brien. “Not only did I meet my future wife, Jenna, at LCS, but I met my future work partner and co-owner of The Collection Media, Campbell Rice. When we were still students, we were given the opportunity at LCS to make the highlight videos for the football team. This “kicked off ” the video-making journey for us, and nearly ten years later, we still work with LCS on special
