If you’ve heard the buzz surrounding the film “Drinking Buddies” (starring Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston), you know the film has earned rave reviews and other accolades. But you may not know that the indie comedy was made by a GW alum. Sam Slater, CCAS BA ’06, and Paul Bernon are […]
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Alum Creates Award-Winning Disability Documentary
“As a person with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair to get around,” Reid Davenport, SMPA BA ‘12 writes on his website, “I experience the daily obstacles that other chair-users face.” As a junior at GW, Davenport thought it was time to transform that experience into something bigger. A journalism major at GW, he developed an […]
Alum’s Life Inspires Hollywood Film
Throughout his life, Swiss Consul Carl Lutz, CCAS BA ‘24, inspired many with his actions. Now, his life has inspired Hollywood. Nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize and named Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem, Lutz launched the largest rescue operation of the Second World War and is credited with saving 62,000 […]