Students' Lone Star Emmy documentaries to be shown for the first time in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, TX

12/6/2006

Two award-winning documentaries that vividly capture the personal family struggles of recent Radio, Television and Film (RTVF) graduates were screened for the first time in Fort Worth Thursday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Greg Mansur, MFA and a professor of RTVF who teaches the documentary class, encourages students to use their own lives as the backdrop for their first films because many students think documentaries are boring. Using their personal experience helps students view documentary production differently. The students won their Lone Star Emmy awards in October.

Regeneration Produced by Chris Greer and directed by Red Sanders. Edited by Angela Luveano and Red Sanders

This 23-minute documentary follows the story of Greer’s teenage sister who was diagnosed with macular degeneration at 17 and told that she would be legally blind in six months. The documentary explores the impact of the diagnosis on the family and follows the sister as she travels to New York to take what could be her last look at Manhattan.

Detached Produced by Chris St. Pierre and directed by Laura Pici; Emily Moss, camera; Tabitha Lauderdale, 1st AD; and Maggie Liu, associate producer

A 45-minute documentary that focuses on St. Pierre’s younger adopted brother whose disabilities served as a source of stress and joy in the family. The documentary contains family videos showing the younger brother’s self-destructive habits, interviews with family members and a reunion between the adopted brother and other family members.