Downers Grove Public Library Announces: View From the Director's Chair

Submitted by the Downers Grove Public Library. Photo via Facebook.

After receiving a $5,000 Best Buy Children’s Foundation Community Grant, the Downers Grove Public Library pilot program for the Digital Media Lab is in full swing.

View From the Director’s Chair allows twelve DG high schoolers the opportunity to work with independent film producer Laura Zinger. They’re learning the steps from documentary pre-production to completion, including equipment management, interviewing, filming, and editing.

Courses run through December, when students will have time to perfect their final projects. All documentaries will be screened at a film festival at the Tivoli on February 7. Save the date!

Follow the students’ progress at dglibrary.org/teens. Learn more about Laura at 20kfilms.com.