Building a Bridge for Young Filmmakers

13 November 2020

Bridges aren’t built in a single day or even by a single person. In order to make a significant impact, or to cross a yawning divide, you need a creative vision and a nimble team to bring that vision to fruition.

The Bridgebuilder Cinematic Arts Program (BCAP) has long had that vision and, during the four years since its founding, the program has become expert in assembling teams. In guiding 50 Boston high school students to becoming first-time filmmakers this summer, BCAP Founder Hollis Meminger tapped more than 20 of his Local 600 colleagues to help make a very challenging assignment a bit more manageable.

“They were the first people I called,” Meminger, a New York-based Director of Photography said of his union colleagues. “I called everybody I had worked with in the past and asked if anyone was available. Everyone was available because nobody was working and people wanted to donate their time.”

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