{"id":124168,"date":"2020-08-04T14:23:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T00:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=124168"},"modified":"2020-08-05T09:13:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:13:02","slug":"windward-cc-2020-film-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/windward-cc-2020-film-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward CC<\/abbr> students overcome pandemic with film showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Native Stories interview with Meala Bishop (Photo credit: Noa Helela)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’re tired of Netflix and would like to watch some thought-provoking, inspiring and engaging films, Windward Community College<\/a> offers short films from creative media and journalism students enrolled in the spring 2020 semester.<\/p>\n

While video production is always challenging, these students managed to finish their projects in the middle of a pandemic and made the abrupt transition to distance learning. Many had to scrap their original ideas and find creative ways to get their projects done, at times using their own cell phone cameras or interviewing people remotely.<\/p>\n

“I think their films beautifully capture this unusual and unprecedented moment in time (not all the films focus on COVID-19, though many do). And they show the power of storytelling to find one’s voice, to enlighten and to make sense of the world,” said Kimberlee Bassford<\/strong>, journalism instructor at Windward CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, there would have been a student film showcase at Palik\u016b Theatre in May celebrating the students and their work. Now, people can enjoy their films from the comfort of home.<\/p>\n

Students in journalism and creative media classes and in Intro to Multimedia (an Early College class at Kailua High School) contributed to the showcase and introduce their films below. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Short Documentary: COVID-19: How My Life Changed<\/h2>\n

Directed by Jenesis Ellis<\/strong>
\nCM<\/abbr> 220: Intermediate Digital Video<\/p>\n

This video is a short example of how my life changed through the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if I did not live with the virus itself, the impact it had on the world changed my life and many others. Now we wait to see how it ends.<\/p>\n