Daily Gazette – Grant Torre
“On Friday, the White House invited The Daily Gazette to cover the 2nd Annual White House Film Festival hosted by President Obama, the American Film Institute, and Participant Media…Under the theme “The Impact of Giving Back,” K-12 students across the country and even as far as Azerbaijan submitted over 1,500 films, of which fifteen official selections were chosen…The event acted in part as a platform to announce a new joint effort by the Obama Administration, the American Film Institute, and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) to provide over one million hours of mentorship to American students over the next three years and help inspire and mentor young artists around the country. This effort contributes to the administration’s new three-year Call to Arts Initiative as part of the Corporation for National and Community Service.”(more)