Sam Ostlund is a senior at Mahtomedi High School. His "decision to stop and talk to Brad, the homeless man he saw on a White Bear Avenue corner every day, turned out to be an award-winning idea". (St. Paul Pioneer Press) "I knew absolutely nothing about it, coming into it, other than there was a homeless person on White Bear Avenue...I didn't know if there was help out there." Ostlund stated. Countless people do not see the person living with homelessness in our neighborhoods, on our street corners or ramp entrances. Sam really saw Brad, got to know him, made the decision to learn more about homelessness that is pervasive in this economy. He then made the film Homeless that won third place in the C-SPAN filmmaking contest. A resident of Grant, MN and student at Mahtomedi High School, Ostlund plans to share the monetary award for Homeless with Brad. (this post quotes the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Mahtomedi student's film wins C-SPAN award," April 12, 2011)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mahtomedi student's film wins C-SPAN award
Sam Ostlund is a senior at Mahtomedi High School. His "decision to stop and talk to Brad, the homeless man he saw on a White Bear Avenue corner every day, turned out to be an award-winning idea". (St. Paul Pioneer Press) "I knew absolutely nothing about it, coming into it, other than there was a homeless person on White Bear Avenue...I didn't know if there was help out there." Ostlund stated. Countless people do not see the person living with homelessness in our neighborhoods, on our street corners or ramp entrances. Sam really saw Brad, got to know him, made the decision to learn more about homelessness that is pervasive in this economy. He then made the film Homeless that won third place in the C-SPAN filmmaking contest. A resident of Grant, MN and student at Mahtomedi High School, Ostlund plans to share the monetary award for Homeless with Brad. (this post quotes the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Mahtomedi student's film wins C-SPAN award," April 12, 2011)
