Ithaca College

Five student documentaries produced in Professor John Scott’s Video Workshop and Non-Fiction Production courses last semester will be aired on the Syracuse PBS affiliate, WCNY, on Sunday, November 14 at 10:30 p.m. 

The films include:

"PROBABLE CAUSE: A MIGRANT AMERICA"  
Cecilia Bottler ’10, Aya Hoffman ’12, Michael Levin ’11
The story of migrant farm workers in upstate New York and the people who protect them despite the risk of legal consequences.                 

"RURAL CATHEDRALS:  THE STORY OF CENTRAL NY BARNS"          
Matthew Lesko ’10                
A historic documentary of central New York’s agricultural rise and fall, with an emphasis in the aesthetic appeal and legacies of its barns.

"FIGHTING FEAR"        
Topher Hendricks ’12, Ryan Wismer ’11
Follows the struggles of trying to unionize Sodexo workers at two colleges in central NY.

"CHANCE"            
Ned Franklin ’10    
A glimpse at the snowboarder lifestyle thought the perspective of Chance Caswell, a 34-year-old snowboard instructor.                                          

"WIND WARS"                   
Ben Miles ’11, Kelcy Newman ’10
Explores the issues of how wind turbines affect the communities where they are built.                          

Photo: Film still from "Wind Wars"