Wyandotte Roosevelt Students Make First Film, Win Best Of Show at Film Festival in Detroit

Two Wyandotte Roosevelt High School seniors are heading to Detroit this week to collect an award from the Michigan Student Film and Video Festival.

Carley Burgess and Spencer Genrich won best of show with their first attempt at film making--a documentary about bullying.

Burgess and Genrich created the film to highlight an anti-bullying campaign sponsored by the high school called Stand Up to Bullying.

"We wanted to enhance the campaign and make students stand up and take notice," Genrich said.

In the film, "Stand Up to Bullying," the two video production students tackle the subject of bullying in schools by depicting different bullying scenarios, which lead to a common resolution.

This is the first year of the video production class at ROosevelt and the first major project created by students.

Burgess said she plans to pursue a career in film and hopes the award might give her immediate credit in the film world. She also plans to attend film school at Michigan State University.

"Winning the award feels like such an honor and motivates me to go out there and pursue my passion," Burgess said.

Genrich hopes to become a broadcast journalist and is attending Wayne State University in the fall where she will major in journalism.

The film was shown to all students, staff and board members of the Wyandotte Public School district.

"Wining the award was unexpected," Genrich said. "It was a pretty big deal for us. Carly and I are excited that our message about bullying was spread around the district."

The award ceremony is set for 10 a.m. April 27 at the historic Detroit Film Theater in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave, in Detroit.

Students of all ages are invited to attend the ceremony.

The Michigan Student Film and Video Festival is sponsored by Digital Arts, Film and Television (DAFT)--a non-profit media-arts educational organization, according to the DAFT website.

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