This touching campaign offered an intimate look at the wide-reaching effects of impaired driving. After careful outreach and recruiting, we spoke with several individuals who shared their stories sincerely and openly. From a young man whose bright future was derailed by paralysis after he chose to drink and drive, to a widow who lost her husband because of an impaired driver, to a grandmother whose daughter’s death left her responsible for caring for her grandchildren, each person offered a candid description of the devastating effects of driving under the influence. The closely knit nature of the Blackfeet Tribe, emphasized in the video, made it plain that these deaths do not just hurt individual families, but the overall community. We accentuated Blackfeet traditions to demonstrate the strength of the tribe and build a message of hope.

To ensure that our message was accurate, we needed feedback from the Blackfeet community. Using focus groups and benefit testing, we garnered reassurance that the video told a truthful, painful, important story, and appropriately addressed the tribe’s cultural heritage.