Heritage High Alumni Premiere Their Short Film "Displacement" At HHS On Aug. 6

  • Friday, July 29, 2016

Displacement, a short film created by Heritage High School alumni Connor Rentz and David Besh, will premiere Saturday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Heritage High School theater.  Admission is free.

Filmed in Ringgold, Ga., the short film stars HHS alumni Hannah Hale, Josh Miles, and Ashton Sawyer and also starts J Manning Smith-Tate and Normand Caissie.  David Besh is the film's producer and cinematographer, and Conner Rentz is the film's writer and director.

Displacement is a family drama that follows a transformative time in the life of Elle Hart (Hannah Hale), a teenage girls who works daily on her poverty-stricken family's farm with her distant father (J Manning Smith-Tate) while aiding her consistently ill mother (Ashton Sawyer) and her disabled younger brother (Josh Miles).

This is the second film collaboration by David Besh and Connor Rentz, who were both broadcasting students at Heritage High School. Their previous film, Spectrum, is a silent film starring Joseph Watts and Ingrid Brindle. The film was produced for Campus MovieFest 2015 at Georgia Southern University and won awards for Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, and the Jury Award. It advanced to a national competition and also played on Virgin America airlines as part of their “Best of the Web” series. Spectrum will play before Displacement at the premiere on Aug. 6. After the screening, the cast and crew of Displacement will participate in a question and answer panel.

Displacement was funded through a campaign on Indiegogo and through donations outside of the campaign, many of the contributors from Ringgold. The film’s trailer was released on YouTube on May 5. Displacement can also be found on IMDb.

Apple Man Productions was launched in the summer of 2015 for the release of Lief and Lyra, another short film by Connor Rentz. The film is currently available on DVD through Amazon, and Apple Man Productions will also release a DVD of Displacement later this year. The DVD release of Displacement will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and bonus material. Apple Man Productions can be found on Facebook.

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