The filmmaking team behind Sundance docs WORDPLAY and IOUSA profiles an inspiring and innovative hands-on design classroom.
Two designers come to a rural NC town to run a high school class on design and building that culminates in architecture that benefits the struggling community. Emily Pilloton and her partner Matthew Miller are committed to using design to find practical solutions to address the problems of those most in need through their non-profit Project H. Bertie County certainly qualifies, recognized as the poorest and most rural county in NC. With the help of a forward-thinking school superintendent, the duo pitches a high-school curriculum to offer about a dozen kids direct experience with their mantra: “Design. Build. Transform.” Beyond learning how the process of design works, students learn to work together to actually create useful objects. Smaller initial projects culminate in a grandscale project that will benefit, and, hopefully, reinvigorate the entire town. Director Patrick Creadon and Producers Christine O’Malley and Neal Baer follow Emily and Matthew (and some of their students) for a year, through a challenging, but ultimately uplifting year. Continue reading →
Returning to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction as a pre-Winter season special screening tonight, Monday, December 19: BUCK
