The full story
The complete conversation, edited into a long-form film. The family archive, kept for the grandkids and the ones after them.
Every story deserves to be
Heard.Remembered.Retold.
We come to your home, sit down with the people you love, and film their stories in their own words. For the family now, and for everyone who comes after.
Most grandkids won’t read the memoir. They’ll watch the video.
A book keeps the facts. A film keeps the voice, the laugh, and the pause before the punchline. Those are the things a family wants back.
A Retellify story
A lifetime, in their own words.
Every family has someone whose stories should outlive them. We sit down with them and press record.
How it works
We bring the cameras. They bring the stories.
01
We come to you
No studio and no travel. We bring the cameras, lights and microphones to the living room where the stories happened.
02
We have a conversation
About two hours, guided by questions about childhood, love, work, faith and the lessons learned along the way. Bring photos. Tell it your way.
03
We make the film
We edit the footage into a full-length film for the family, plus short clips you can play at the next birthday dinner.
What you get
The whole story. And the moments.
The moments
Short clips of the best parts: a piece of advice, the story everyone asks for, the laugh. Easy to watch and easy to share.
The questions
We ask what you never thought to.
“How did you two meet?”
“What was the hardest thing you ever got through, and how?”
“What did your house sound like on a Sunday morning?”
“Who made you laugh the hardest?”
“What is the most important thing life has taught you?”
“What do you want your great-grandchildren to know about you?”
We bring a long list. You pick what matters.
Why we started
In my family, we still celebrate the birthdays of the people we’ve lost. We get together, eat cake, and tell the stories we remember about them.
Retellify began with one thought: what if, at that table, we could hear those stories from them?
Jared Bender, co-founder
Made to be given
A gift for the people who gave you everything.
For a parent’s birthday, an anniversary, or no reason at all. Because “someday” has a way of running out.
Who we are
Made by two friends.
Retellify is a project by Jared Bender and Jamason Blair, built in our free time.
Jared Bender
Co-founder
Jamason Blair
Co-founder
Want your family’s story told?
We’d love to hear about the person you’re thinking of.
Say hellocontact@jaredbender.com