{"id":5738,"date":"2014-05-05T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2014\/05\/05\/dont-miss-our-community-voices-documentaries-to-create-change\/"},"modified":"2014-05-05T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T16:24:46","slug":"dont-miss-our-community-voices-documentaries-to-create-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2014\/05\/05\/dont-miss-our-community-voices-documentaries-to-create-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Don't Miss our Community Voices Program Featuring Documentaries to Create Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join us for our Community Voices Documentary Film Screening on Monday, May 12, at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Community Voices<\/a> is a social issue documentary film program that links Chapman University documentary film students with Orange-County based organizations. Each semester, groups of students produce short character-driven portrait films that highlight causes the partner organizations aim to serve. The films are then used in the outreach and fundraising campaigns of these organizations, and are distributed via PBS broadcast, online streaming, educational distributors, and festival release. Community Voices films have won numerous festival awards and accolades, and have been seen by tens of thousands of television viewers in Southern California.\u00a0Please join us as we celebrate these students and partner organizations. The screening will be followed by a panel with the filmmakers and a reception in Sound Stage B.<\/p>\n

The screening is at Dodge College, 283 North Cypress Street, Orange, CA 92866. On street parking is available. No RSVP necessary.<\/p>\n

DREAMERS <\/strong>by Michael Gutierrez and Megan McKeown
\nOrganization: El Viento
\nAs the United States rests on the cusp of substantial immigration reform, one young man considers whether or not to pursue the benefits behind the DREAM Act.<\/em><\/p>\n

INVISIBLE WALL <\/strong>by Sarah Huffman, Matt Rogers, and Rachel Howell
\nOrganization: Mental Health Association of Orange County
\nA homeless woman with an artistic gift tries to get her life back on track, in the face of many odds.<\/em><\/p>\n

OUT OF TIME<\/strong>\u00a0by Carmen Carrillo, Joey Fischground, and Nicholas McDonald
\nOrganization: Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies <\/em>
\nA high school junior crams for the SAT’s while trying to help raise her family, the fulfillment of her college dreams resting on the outcome of one exam.<\/p>\n

ROGER <\/strong>by Andrea Suleiman, Yvette Chou, and Nayobi Maldonado-Ochoa
\nOrganization: Goodwill OC
\nThis film tells the story of Roger, an Orange County resident who, plagued by bipolar disorder and a difficult past, struggles to overcome the demons that keep him from the satisfying, independent life of his dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n

RUNNING OUT OF JUICE<\/strong>\u00a0by Marisol Diaz, Chris Denton, and Colin Arp
\nOrganization: Old Orchard Conservancy
\nAn Orange County activist fights to save the last orange orchard in the county from development.<\/em><\/p>\n

WATER WARS <\/strong>by Casey Acaster, Sydney Guthrie, and Shaneika Lai
\nOrganization: The Wyland Foundation
\nThis film looks at the controversy over one of the most pressing issues of the year- California’s drought crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n

**The above is in alphabetical order and doesn’t reflect the actual screening order.**<\/em><\/p>\n

With many thanks to The Dhont Family Foundation for their generous support of the Community Voices initiative.<\/p>\n