Quincy centennial movie premieres Friday

QUINCY — A film to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Quincy by Soap Lake filmmaker Kathy Kiefer premiers Friday.

The video release party is in the McConnell Auditorium at Quincy High School starting at 7 p.m.

Kiefer is in the process of fine-tuning the film for the premiere. A major challenge she faced during production was capturing Quincy's depth in 16 minutes.

"Quincy is very rich. Quincy has a lot of depth to it," Kiefer said. "There's a lot of history there. There's a lot of diversity there."

Voices represented in the film include women, the Latino community and Asian-Americans.

The history is told through stories and photographs. One man from Japan told the story of his family on the west coast who moved to Quincy during World War II to avoid the internment camps. A government rule required only Japanese-Americans residing west of the Columbia River to go to the camps. The Cedergreen family in Quincy knew the west coast family and invited them to move to the area.

Kiefer said Quincy feels as close to her heart as Soap Lake, and the process gave her a deeper appreciation for farming.

"I loved every minute of working on the project," she said.

Other film projects Kiefer completed include "Dirt Roads," "Beachscapes" and "Bygone Days," a documentary about Soap Lake, and "Boobalogues," which won a Bronze Telly and Gold Aurora Award in 2006.