Join Mass FX Media's Shawna & Matt Schultz at 38th & Post, with Producers Megan Matousek, Yvette Frampton, Leslie Herod, Associate Producer Emma Westphal-Phillips & Consulting Producer Ryan Lake for a private screening of the "Colorado Experience Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy" documentary (26 minutes) that inspired the upcoming feature film White Praire. Based on a true story, this feature film is soon to be in pre-production and will be filmed here in Colorado!
Have you ever wondered why American school buses are painted yellow?
White Prairie is an upcoming Colorado independent film:
A timid teenage girl fights to prolong the lives of her young classmates as they wait for rescue after their school bus gets stuck in a massive blizzard on the Colorado prairie in 1931. Inspired by true events.
About the Writer/Director: Julie Speer Jackson is a 4th Generation Coloradan who created PBS’s iconic Colorado Experience, including an episode on this very story. She is a Regional Colorado Film Commissioner, and serves on the boards of Women in Film & Media Colorado and Truce Media Collective. Her family is from the Eastern Plains. This a family story generations in the making.
Learn about the film's historical roots, and meet the descendants of the children in Pleasant Hill Bus Tragedy that inspired the film. Get in on the ground floor and learn about all the ways you can support the film!
Drinks and lite bites will be provided.
See you there!
