U.S. Department of the Interior deputy assistant secretary David Cohen vowed yesterday to continue facilitating connections between the private sector and the Northern Marianas College film and TV department.<\/p>\n
Cohen, following a tour of the NMC FilmTV department, said he was \u201cimpressed by what I saw.\u201d<\/p>\n
College officials showed Cohen the facilities available for FilmTV students, as well as filmmakers who may be interested in using the Northern Marianas as a shooting location. These facilities include production and post-production studios, a recording studio, sound stage, sound and video booth, prop building shop, and a foley stage.<\/p>\n
Cohen was also shown a portion of a World War II documentary that the NMC FilmTV department is working on.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am basically here to listen and learn. We talked about the potential to have post-production facilities, and a greater film industry [in the CNMI],\u201d Cohen said in an interview.<\/p>\n
He noted that some of the FilmTV officials attended the business conference in Los Angeles and they are pursuing opportunities based on connections that they made at the conference.<\/p>\n
Cohen\u2019s discussions with the college officials also involved the grants previously provided by the U.S. Interior Department and the possibility of more grants being issued to the NMC FilmTV Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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