Ghetto Film School, a nonprofit that for 20 years has been devoted to educating aspiring filmmakers from underrepresented communities, has announced the three winning films in its Film Credits short film competition, a collaboration with AT&T and WarnerMedia in which young filmmakers made three-minute shorts about their experience trying to connect with others during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The winning films are “A Series of Substitutes,” a short made up largely of still images by Elliot Wright, a 19-year-old filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York; “Time Is of the Essence,” a blend of live-action and animation by Samiksha Thakur, 16, of North Bergen, New Jersey; and “Sprout,” a meditation on loneliness and healing by Jahna Lathan, 15, of Los Angeles.
The three winners can be viewed at the bottom of this story.
AT&T and WarnerMedia sponsored the summer-long competition, which asked young creators between the ages of 14 and 21 to use any form of media to deal with the subject,...
The winning films are “A Series of Substitutes,” a short made up largely of still images by Elliot Wright, a 19-year-old filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York; “Time Is of the Essence,” a blend of live-action and animation by Samiksha Thakur, 16, of North Bergen, New Jersey; and “Sprout,” a meditation on loneliness and healing by Jahna Lathan, 15, of Los Angeles.
The three winners can be viewed at the bottom of this story.
AT&T and WarnerMedia sponsored the summer-long competition, which asked young creators between the ages of 14 and 21 to use any form of media to deal with the subject,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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