BHS Students will premiere independent films

By Rachelle Treiber / BETTENDORF NEWS / November 21, 2002

Bettendorf High School seniors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods will hold a premiere for two recently produced independent films, "Remembering November" and "Prism," at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

The screening will be held at the North Scott High School theater, 200 S. 1st St., Eldridge, Iowa. Admission will be free, but donations will be accepted. Beck and Woods wrote, directed, and produced the films with their production company Bluebox Limited.

A previous Bluebox film titled "Yearbook" was selected along with twenty other independent films for screening at the 2002 Rewind International Media Festival in July in South Dakota

The Iowa Motion Picture Association selected "Yearbook" as the Best Student Film in the High School catergory and honored the film with it's Award of Excellence, which was given to 36 of the 95 entries.

At Friday's premiere, the film "Prism" will be shown first, beginning around 7:45 p.m. According to Bluebox's Web site, www.blueboxlimited.com, "Prism" is a 20-minute film that tells the story of a lonely young man who recently lost his wife to a homicide.

The site says, "one day he wakes up and begins seeing this differently - finding the answers before he comes across the questions."

The other film, which will premiere at 8:30 p.m., is "Remembering November." The site says this film is "a story of life, individual happiness, and the decisions that we make which can change the course of our existence."

Seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. Posters, VHS and DVD copies of the film will be available.

Popcorn will be available and a meet and greet session will follow the premiere of both films.