Bates College class on local film festival

Bates College assistant professor of rhetoric Jon Cavallero, right, works with students and Emerge Film Festival board member Brooke Nasser, second from left, during a class discussion at the Lewiston college on Wednesday. Cavallero and 17 students are strategizing ideas before documenting the four-day film festival that begins Thursday. Students will edit and produce four short films that look at education outreach, what Maine filmmakers want in a festival, the Bates College connection and the Emerge audience. From left are Cavallero, Nasser, David Unterberger, Erik Skattum, Natalie Pearson and Sara Hoye.

Bates College students, from left, Josh Langer, Cece Carey-Snow, Laura Pietropaoli and Matthew Baker discuss how to generate more "buzz" on campus regarding the upcoming Emerge Film Festival.

Sara Hoye's notes list ideas on how to generate more "buzz" on the Bates College campus regarding the upcoming Emerge Film Festival.

Ted Burns, a Bates College student from Topsham, listens at right to a discussion about the Emerge Film Festival during class on Wednesday. Burns' sister, Audrey Burns, raises her hand in the background.

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