Video by Georgia Micheals and Hunter Scully Interview by Elena Burnett Edited by Georgia Micheals Before Friday’s screening of Guillermo del Toro’s new epic “Shape of Water,” star Richard Jenkins walked the SCAD Savannah Film Festival red carpet and talked with District about
Video by Georgia Micheals and Hunter Scully Interview by Rummel Medina Edited by Georgia Micheals Production Designer Paul Austerberry walked the red carpet before the screening of his latest project, “The Shape of Water.” Austerberry talked about his unusual career path, how he is inspi
A group of filmmakers shared their different experiences scouting and shooting a project pitch in Cuba for a series, “Unseen Cuba,” Wednesday, November 1 at the Gutstein Gallery. The panel, “The Rewards and Challenges of Filming in Cuba,” was moderated by SCAD film and televi
This review contains spoilers for the film. One of the earliest scenes in “Lady Bird” shows the titular character in the car with her mother. The two listen to the last moments of Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” on tape and begin to cry simultaneously. It’s wry,
Video by Georgia Micheals and Hunter Scully Interview by Rummel Medina Edited by Georgia Micheals John Boyega walked the SCAD Savannah Film Festival red carpet Thursday night before receiving the Vaguard Award onstage at the Trustees Theater. He discussed the elements that continually draw him back
22 years after enthralling audiences with the political fairy tale that was “The American President,” director Rob Reiner returns his sights to the Oval Office with a real president as his subject in “LBJ.” However, teetering between portrait and caricature, the film lands in
It would be easy for a documentary about a struggling drive-in movie theater to emphasize the struggle, to dramatize the fight to keep it alive and to glorify the heroes who continue to resist the unfair changing times. But that’s not what drive-ins are all about. It certainly is not what the
Written by Anna Robertson Romantic and family relationships have been portrayed on the big screen countless times. Most of them are a stiff, trite picture of the everyday dysfunctional family plagued by either teenage angst or marital troubles. This everyday family with everyday troubles can be a ni
The Global Shorts Forum presented six short films at the SCAD Museum of Art on October 30, all encompassing the global refugee crisis. Each director ventured to capture the stories of those displaced in their country and the struggles they endured to find home. One cannot imagine what it must be lik
Written by Cory Hott Thousands of untested rape kits sit in police evidence storage rooms and crime labs across the country. These rape kits contain DNA evidence that could potentially locate and prosecute perpetrators that have committed sexual assaults. But behind each rape kit is a face, a story