A.V. Rockwell Wins Tribeca Chanel Prize

Monday, Oct 31, 2016

A.V. Rockwell with the Through Her Lens Jury

A.V. Rockwell with the Through Her Lens Jury

Student A.V. Rockwell won the Through Her Lens: Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program, which includes $80,000 to fully finance her film Feathers. Rockwell competed against four other female filmmakers in a three-day intensive program where they received mentorship from women in all areas of the industry. At the end of the program Rockwell pitched her film to a jury and was selected for the prize. 

Feathers follows a young black man as he tries to escape a juvenille detention center.

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