{"id":12122,"date":"2018-05-11T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2018\/05\/11\/friday-focus-alumni-4\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:43","slug":"friday-focus-alumni-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2018\/05\/11\/friday-focus-alumni-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Focus: Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zelie Dember-Slack&#8217;s (MFA\/ER &#8217;17)\u00a0<\/strong>film,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesweetestheir.com\/Site\/HOME.html\"><em>The Sweetest Heir<\/em><\/a>, had its world premier screening at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifsfilm.com\/Schedule2018\/may09.php\">Independent Filmmakers Showcase Film Festival<\/a> on May 9th, 2018 where it won Best Family FIlm.\u00a0The Sweetest Heir is an award-winning family comedy about Brittany Thompson, 9, who collects and restores old jewelry boxes. While restoring one, she discovers a seal inside a locket and a deed for the Winthorp Estate, valued at\u00a0$450\u00a0million dollars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12193\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12193\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/05\/Zelie-Award.jpg\" alt=\"Zelie Award\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zelie Dember-Slack and husband\/business partner Lynn Slack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Amanda Young&#8217;s (BA\/SW &#8217;10)\u00a0<\/strong>film,\u00a0<em>Love, Gwen<\/em>, premiered on Saturday April 28 in the Maryland International Film Festival.\u00a0 The 28-minute project follows a young woman named Alyssa who risks her own life to rescue her younger sister from a bad situation generated by drug abuse. The story is inspired by Amanda&#8217;s younger sister who was a heroin user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Derek Doneen (BFA\/FP &#8217;09)\u00a0<\/strong>has been named one of <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/gallery\/10-documentarians-to-watch-2018\/#!4\/derek-doneen\">Variety&#8217;s 10 Documentarians to Watch in 2018<\/a>. Derek&#8217;s film\u00a0<em>Kailash<\/em> has been making waves in the festival circuit since premiering at Sundance and winning the Docu Grand Jury prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Wineman (MFA\/FP &#8217;17) <\/strong>is in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/pride\/8455233\/drag-race-alaska-katya-to-star-in-the-quiet-room\">Billboard<\/a> for his thesis film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequietroomfilm.com\/\">The Quiet Room<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The film\u00a0follows Michael, a patient at a mental institution whose attempted suicide awakens the malevolent spirit of Hattie. Michael is forced into a situation where he must figure out how to defeat the demon before she murders the hospital\u2019s patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burke Doeren (BFA\/TBJ &#8217;12)<\/strong> has finished his work as DP for season 3 of <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/04\/battlebots-premiere-dates-discovery-science-channel-sneak-peek-video-1202366396\/\">BattleBots<\/a> which airs today on the Discovery Channel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12194\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12194\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/05\/Bianca-Halpern.jpg\" alt=\"Becine\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/05\/Bianca-Halpern.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/05\/Bianca-Halpern-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BECiNE staff. Bianca Halpern is second from right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Bianca Halpern&#8217;s (MFA\/CR &#8217;07)<\/strong> boutique rental house <a href=\"https:\/\/becine.com\/about\/\">BECiNE<\/a>\u00a0had their grand opening on April 28th. BECiNE is owned by women who are passionate about filmmaking and storytelling through a lens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JD Chua (BFA\/CRPR &#8217;10)<\/strong> has started principle photography on his debut feature film and Singapore&#8217;s first monster film,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sindie.sg\/2018\/05\/shoutout-jd-chua-makes-singapores-1st.html\">Circle Line<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(working title).\u00a0<em>Circle Line<\/em> tells the story of a group of passengers trapped on the last midnight train that veers off-track into an abandoned tunnel, only to discover that this tunnel is the lair of a terrifying monster. Will they find a way out to outrun the angered beast?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Simien&#8217;s (BFA\/FTP &#8217;05)<\/strong> show\u00a0<em>Dear White People\u00a0<\/em>season two is now available on Netflix. Justin recently sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/02\/arts\/television\/dear-white-people-creator-doubles-down-on-identity-politics.html\">The New York Times<\/a> for an interview to discuss the conversations surrounding the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabrielle Shepard (MFA\/FTP &#8217;16)<\/strong> was selected as one of 25 screenwriters to watch in 2018 by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/archives\/news\/austin-film-festival-25-screenwriters-to-watch-in-2018\/17\/\"> Austin Film Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Renee Knox&#8217;s (MFA\/DR &#8217;17)<\/strong> thesis film\u00a0<em>Night Call<\/em> and <strong>Kendall Goldberg&#8217;s (BFA\/DR &#8217;17)<\/strong> film\u00a0<em>Gloria Talks Funny<\/em> were selected as finalists in Cannes Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. Kendall also screened her feature\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7115980\/\"><em>When Jeff Tried to Save the World\u00a0<\/em><\/a>in Dodge College Folino Theater and brought actors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1417647\/?ref_=tt_cl_t1\">Jon Heder <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2074421\/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\">Steve Berg<\/a> for a post screening Q &amp; A, on April 24.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Featured Image: When Jeff Tried to Save the World, screening at Dodge College Folino Theater. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(From left ) Jon Hernandez, Jon Heder, Kendall Goldberg &#8217;17, Steve Berg<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelie Dember-Slack&#8217;s (MFA\/ER &#8217;17)\u00a0film,\u00a0The Sweetest Heir, had its world premier screening at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase Film Festival on May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2347,"featured_media":12195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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