I need you to lay your eyes on something for me. Then I need you to slap some plastic on it.
The setting is 1910, Los Angeles. The city is filled to the brim with immigrants, many poor, forcing both husbands and wives into the workforce. In comes Marina, a young Italian sweatshop worker, pulling as many shifts as she can to keep food on her table for three young sons and crippled husband. When her bosses refuse to pay Marina, she and her fellow co-workers must fight for what’s owed to them.
We are zooming. In less than 24hrs, we almost hit the halfway mark of our goal. If you’d like to Donate, please do. $5 or $10 bucks goes much farther than you think. If you can’t donate that’s fine too, just Share. The more eyes this falls in front of, the more 5 dollar bills push this project!!!
Now I know times are difficult right now, but if there is anything that quarantine has shown us, it is the importance of film and media. Once we’re through the quarantine, we will throw ourselves into the ork and the $5-$10 you threw down, that seemed like nothing, will be monumental to us.
The Santa Monica College Film Program has fostered many student film crews to create a variety of short films, such as Once Upon A Woman (Winner Best Short, Wild Bunch Film Festival), Hinge (Winner Best Short Film, Prague Independent Film Festival) and Shape Shifter (Official Selection, Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest), that tackle important subject material and prioritize representation and storytelling in engaging and unique ways. This time, our team is coming together to produce “Leaving the Factory”, the program’s 20th short film
This will be the start of careers for the folk involved.
This is the perfect project to get associate or co-producer credit. Watch our video. See our track record. This film will get made!
