Three young student filmmakers are headed to this year’s Cannes Film Festival on an expenses-paid trip thanks to DePaul University and the Chicago Housing Authority.
“It’s still surreal,” says filmmaker Unique Moore. “I don’t think it will be real until, honestly once we get off the plane and get into the taxi. I don’t think it’s gonna be real until we are on the carpet and cameras are flashing.”
The students are also celebrating the launch of their short film, “I Am Not Your Token”, which is not being shown at Cannes. They were selected to go to Cannes because of their work on that project.“But, the fact that Liliane and all the other people in the screenwriting cohort saw the potential, even though I didn’t, was just really inspiring," Gullette said., the trip is sponsored by DePaul University and the CHA.
Gullette will soon be graduating from Jones College Prep. She plans on attending film school, Unique Moore will graduate from Lindblom High School and plans to study cinematography, and Christal Westmoreland is a junior at DePaul’s School of Cinematic Arts. “I really hope that when Black girls see us, they smile and see these kids going to France, being able to do things they probably didn’t think was possible. Especially coming from a low income neighborhood. So it’s really refreshing to be a part of this journey," Westmoreland said.
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