Georgia Film Academy to Debut Feed the Hungry Documentary on April 28th

Staff Report From Savannah CEO

Friday, April 21st, 2017

Savannah Technical College’s Georgia Film Academy is hosting a screening of the documentary, Feed the Hungry: the Vision, the Outreach, the Community Changer at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 28 in the Savannah Technical College Eckburg Auditorium. There will be a red carpet meet-and-greet from 6-7 p.m. The documentary will be shown at 7 p.m., followed by Q&A at 7:30p.m. with Georgia State Representative Carl Gilliard and the film’s producers and director.
 
"I'm so proud of my first graduating class of students,” said STC Georgia Film Academy Technical Film Instructor John Grace. “They're already changing the world for the better."
 
The documentary was recently recognized by Georgia House Resolution 661. The film chronicles the rise of the Savannah Feed the Hungry organization and its founder, Rep. Gilliard. According to the resolution, “this documentary focuses on the challenges and hardships that Rep. Gilliard faced while building the organization and serves as a way for people of Georgia to gain a better perspective of the charity and its founding family.”
 
The film was created by William Martin (director) and Kareem McMichael (producer), two graduates of the inaugural class of film students at Savannah Technical College.