每日大赛 Student Films to Be Featured at 909 Festival
Three films produced by six 每日大赛 seniors and alumni will be included in the 909 Film Festival in Claremont on September 30.
The films are 鈥淔inding a Home, Pomona鈥檚 Homeless Crisis,鈥� about homelessness in Pomona; 鈥淩ush,鈥� a film about street racing; and 鈥淧ost Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Hidden War,鈥� which profiles war veterans.
鈥淭hey put their heart and many hours of hard work into producing these documentaries, which are thoughtful and insightful treatments on aspects of life in the Inland Empire and are deserving of the recognition,鈥� said Valerie Cummings, associate professor of broadcast journalism.
Alums Tiphanie Autran-Hayward and Russell Silva produced 鈥淩ush鈥� to take viewers inside the world of drifting and street racing. The film illustrates the illegal and sometimes deadly nature of both sports.
Alumna Bianca Zapata 鈥�16 created 鈥�,鈥� because a friend suffered from the condition. She co-produced the film with alumna Crystal Villegas 鈥�16.
Senior broadcast journalism major Humberto Fabian created 鈥淔inding a Home鈥� to provide an in-depth look at lost funding and the decline of homeless shelters in Pomona.
鈥淲e would get up sometimes at 5 a.m. to meet with the homeless, exposing ourselves to dangerous situations because we wanted to capture the realities of homeless life,鈥� said Sommer Garcia, a senior public relations major who co-produced the film with Fabian.
The festival bears the name 909 in reference to the inland Southern California area code. It features short films that聽have an Inland Southern California theme.
The festival will be at 7 p.m. in Benson Auditorium at Pitzer College, 1050 N. Mills Ave.
