NATCHITOCHES – A short documentary titled “March 2020” made by students in Professor Melody Gilbert’s documentary production class at Northwestern State University has been selected to screen on the Louisiana Film Channel.

Viewers can select a free trial for one week for those who watch what happened to a group of NSU students in the weeks following the lockdown last March. Viewing is available by clicking “Get Access Now” at https://louisianafilmchannel.com/programs/march-2020?categoryId=64086 .

Film Synopsis: Their semester stopped abruptly, and these college students in Louisiana turned to people they love to discuss relationships, resiliency, philosophy and self-acceptance in the time of a pandemic.

The student filmmakers in the Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts are Madison Morrison, Olivia Noonan, Sadie LeComte, Caleb Rhodes and Savannah Stevens.  A trailer and more info about how the film was made can be found at https://march2020documentary.wixsite.com/march2020/.