25 Films For 25 Years! EPFC’s Online Anniversary Celebration!

Film 9: This Is The LA River (2007), selected by Shauna McGarry

“The scope of this experimental documentary was so ambitious, inspiring, and powerful. The students and instructors traveled far along the LA river in small and big groups; we met so many smart and passionate Angelinos; we worked in so many mediums to make the final product. I felt honored to steward this little-known story of LA into the world, made so beautifully and sensitively by the filmmakers. I remember watching it at the premiere and feeling like we (EPFC) had cracked some code -- that we were just getting going with the work our students could make, the alchemy was empathetic, weird, and handmade. It was singular and beautiful. And, of course, I was right.”