MI Creative Film Alliance debuts "Beauty Queen" at Det. Film Theatre 3/29...
Detroit Free Press, 8/9
"Blue Water Film Festival announces official selections"
by Julie Hinds
The official selections of the Blue Water Film Festival for 2012 include a short film from the Michigan Creative Film Alliance, which is made up of students from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University. Each year, the Port Huron-based festival offers short, feature, documentary and animated movies selected among submissions from across Ontario.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120808/ENT01/120808089/blue-water-film-festival-announces-lineup?odyssey=nav|head
Battle Creek Enquirer, 4/8
"Albion grad tells story of Beauty Queen"
by Justin Hinkley
Beauty Queen was chosen in a competitive process to be this year's production from the Michigan Creative Film Alliance, a collaboration production from Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. The 30-minute film follows a 17-year-old pageant star who is counting on her pageant winnings to fund tuition at Stanford University's School of Music when she's diagnosed with alopecia and starts to lose her hair. It's a dramedy that screenplay writer Kelci Parker hopes will teach people how important it is to be themselves, whether the challenge is alopecia or anything else.
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20120408/NEWS01/304090009/Albion-grad-tells-story-Beauty-Queen-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage
Detroit Free Press, 3/29/12
"'Beauty Queen,' a short film created by local college students, will screen tonight at the DFT"
by Julie Hinds
Tonight's premiere of Beauty Queen, will be shown for free at the Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts. It's the second project from the Michigan Creative Film Alliance (MCFA), a collaboration between Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan that gives students a chance to put aside college rivalries and make a short film together. Beauty Queen was selected as the annual project by the MCFA, which was created to foster young talent for Michigan's film industry.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120329/ENT01/203290347/-Beauty-Queen-a-short-film-created-by-local-college-students-will-screen-tonight-at-the-DFT?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp
Detroit Free Press, 8/12/11
"Michigan movie notes: Michigan students create, star in 'Beauty Queen,' filmed around metro Detroit"
by Julie Hinds
"Beauty Queen," a 30-minute film about a high school student who must deal with alopecia as she faces a beauty pageant that could provide a scholarship for her college tuition, finishes filming next week. It is the second project from the Michigan Creative Film Alliance, a joint venture between Wayne State University, University of Michigan and Michigan State University that gives students from the three colleges an opportunity to make a short film. Like last year's movie, "Appleville," it's a showcase for young talent.
http://www.freep.com/article/20110812/ENT01/108120325/Michigan-movie-notes-Michigan-students-create-star-Beauty-Queen-filmed-around-metro-Detroit?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp
St. Clair Shores Sentinel, 8/10/11
"Wigs 4 Kids part of movie shoot"
by Kristyne E. Demske
The Michigan Creative Film Alliance shot footage for its 2011-12 movie, Beauty Queen, at a location in St. Clair Shores, MI.
http://comm.wayne.edu/files/stclairshoressentinel100811.pdf
The Macomb Daily, 7/14/11
"Film alliance looking for house with piano for movie location"
The Michigan Creative Film Alliance is looking for a local house that has a piano in it as a location for their next project, according to the Macomb County Film Office. The alliance - a filmmaking joint venture between Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University - is working on "Beauty Queen," the story of a female teen beauty pageant queen who is diagnosed with a rare skin disease that makes her hair fall out right before competition.
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/07/13/news/doc4e1dfca0240b6309155928.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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