What's Our Story?

At Joanna Hay Productions, we believe that compelling stories create impact and legacy. We tell stories through video, digital, print and immersive experiences. We work with distillers in the U.S. and Canada to exhibit the cultural heritage of the spirits industry. In partnership with PBS, museums and arts organizations, we document and share the history of community, civil rights, activism and artistry. Curators, interpreters, tour guides and educators use the media we create.

In our line of work, creativity and technological expertise go hand-in-hand. When it comes to video and interactive experiences, we use the most up-to-date and visually stunning practices. In the hands of our artistic and skillful creators, these innovations result in memorable and insightful films, exhibits and experiences.

We never forget that underlying the awe-inspiring technology are the people. We are proud to collaborate with diverse partners and clients to tell their stories through accessible, multimedia exhibitions, oral history and documentaries in order to educate, inspire and engage. We believe that stories rooted in integrity and authenticity touch the human heart, create change, and invite action, which makes the world a better place.

Awards & Memberships

AWARDS

Telly Awards

Communicator Awards

Oral History Association Non-Print Media Awards

Kentucky League of Cities' Enterprise City Awards

The Kentucky Historical Society’s Kentucky History Awards

Kentucky Department of Travel’s designation “There’s Only One!”

MEMBERSHIPS

The Oral History Association

International Oral History Association

American Association for State and Local History

National Association for Interpretation

Kentucky Film Office - Production Directory

National Association of Independent Scholars

PROJECT PARTNERS & FUNDERS

Old Montreal Distillery

The Moth

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Sazerac, Inc.

Nantucket Historical Association

Nantucket Community Television

Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

PBS/Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Distillers' Association

National Endowment for the Arts

National Park Service

Kentucky Historical Society

Kentucky State University

Nantucket Student Squash

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Louis and Marjorie Susman

Kentucky Craft History and Education Association

Kentucky Foundation for Women

Kentucky Oral History Commission

Videobred, Inc.

U.S. Squash

University of Louisville

University of Kentucky

Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Kentucky Humanities Council

Kentucky Division of Historic Properties

City of Frankfort

City of Horse Cave

City of Munfordville

City of Berea

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Oral History Review (Oxford University Press)

GUEST LECTURER

Indiana University Southeast

Kentucky State University

University of Kentucky

University of Louisville