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...most talked-about events of Arts First was the premiere of the film "Silent Blessings," by Roberto Buso-Garcia '94 of Lowell House...
Although the film ran only once and lasted only 28 minutes, its making took an entire year. But Buso-Garcia would not have spent the time any other way: "It's my life," he says. As for academics, he jokes, "You squeeze it in somehow...
...Buso-Garcia's experience making the film exemplifies the time, effort, and deep personal commitment that students involved in the arts invest every day in order to produce the works in the annual two-day celebration. Maria Elena Alvarado '94, who worked on the film, recalls the early morning hours spent shooting the film. "We'd get up at around 4:30 or 5 in the morning in order to be filming from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.," she says. "And it was very cold...
...Buso-Garcia's quest for funding, and his realization that Harvard lacks the infrastructure to support independent filmmakers, led him to form Harvard-Radcliffe Filmmakers, a group devoted to helping students produce...
Busio-Garcia cites the one big obstacle to student film as "fear-the fear people have about the money." Harvard/Radcliffe Filmmakers was created, according to all involved, to encourage future filmmakers to pursue their dreams. "Two people have already contacted me about doing film here next year," Buso-Garcia recounts. Stone and Kolodny both expressed interest in perhaps doing a film again in the future. The successful production of a film such as "Silent Blessings," in addition to the formation of this new association, should help future directors and patrons to take independent film more seriously on campus. The only...