J-School seniors unveil documentaries

FAMU senior broadcast journalism students will showcase their documentaries at the Student Documentary Night on December 4 and 5.

This year, the event has expanded into two days. The premier night is scheduled for December 4, at 7 p.m. with a reception immediately following the showing of the documentaries. A matinee is scheduled for December 5, at 2 p.m.

This year’s theme is “Thoughts From An Unread Journal: Films From Life’s Diary.”

Produced by PRodigy Public Relations Firm, FAMU’s student-run PR firm, Student Documentary Night, which first debuted during the fall semester of 2006, is an event that allows senior broadcast students chosen by Professor Kenneth Jones to showcase documentaries that they have worked on throughout the semester.

The films are selected based on the uniqueness of the story, trailers, script, quality of production filming and the production management of the students. This semester, eight students have been chosen and five films: Erica Anderson, “Paycheck Boys;” Charles Gee and Randy Grice, “Un-Mute;” Xion Lester and Kisha Payen, “Lest We Forget;” Karisa Olds and Regina Watson, “The Life of Homeless Children;” and Chantell Black, “From The Plate To The Grave.”

“One of the wonderful, unique and great things about Student Documentary Night is that all of the topics and ideas for the documentaries are chosen by the students,” said Kenneth Jones a broadcast journalism professor.