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Neighborhood Day Announces Film Contest Winners
On August 29th National Neighborhood Day gathered local
press and supporters at the Rhode Island Foundation
for the announcement of the winners of the 2005 National
Neighborhood Day Short Film Contest.
The film contest asked amateur and professional filmmakers
to submit films of 5 minutes or less that answered
the question, “What Does Your Neighborhood Mean
To You?” For this inaugural year, a winner was
selected by the judges in the Adult category and in
the Youth
category from twenty finalists and over 50 total entries.
The Adult Grand Prize Winner will receive $5000 and
the Youth Grand Prize Winner will receive $2000.
The winners are:
Bravell Smith for
his film “Straight 2
the Point” about Hunts Point in the South Bronx,
New York.
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