Focus on Shawn Florchak

Shawn Florchak, right, with KGUN film critic Jim Ferguson.

The Arizona Daily Star’s Phil Villarreal recently featured Shawn Florchak, a School of Media Arts student, in a profile detailing Florchak’s recent accomplishments.

Florchak was awarded the Jim Ferguson Broadcast Film Critics Association Scholarship and recently completed a short documentary called “The Final Round.” His documentary has its focus on “Centro del Sur,” a boxing gym in South Tucson that was almost shut down. The completed documentary was an integral part of a community effort to keep the boxing gym open, illustrating the power of social issue documentary filmmaking. Florchak enjoys working in the community and recently served as a volunteer for the 5th Annual Tucson Film & Music Festival.

Here is a link to the feature article in the “Caliente” section of the Arizona Daily Star:

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/315054.php

Congratulations to Sean for securing the Jim Ferguson Broadcast Film Critics Association Scholarship and on the completion of his documentary!