Understanding the roots of the Latterday Saints.
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Joseph Smith grew from a treasure hunting farm kid in Upstate New York, to the prophet and founder of the LDS Church. This is a story of American expansion, persecution, and a gifted storyteller.

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The music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, The Music Room! Follow the link to hear this soundtrack and many more:    • Joseph Smith | Original Soundtrack | ...  

About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmywinning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmynominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

press
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/op...
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion...
Vox Borders:    • Inside Hong Kong’s cage homes  
NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/10721...


where to find me
Instagram:   / johnny.harris  
Tiktok:   / johnny.harris  
Facebook:   / johnnyharrisvox  
Iz's (my wife’s) channel:    / izharris  

how i make my videos
Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/
I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77
All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gearguide

my courses
Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/
Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/courses/vi...