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Students, parents, friends and family attend Clackamas Community College's viewing of ‘Rise of the Giants’ on Oct 20.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DAVID BRIAN AVIS
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“ Rise o f the G ia n ts” is one serious
pumpkin documentary. You will laugh,
you will cry, and you will learn how to
both pollinate and ride (pumpkin-pun)
a pumpkin.
Clackamas Community College held a
public viewing of the movie on Oct. 20 in
the McLoughlin Auditorium.
Co-sponsored by the college’s Digital
Media Communications and Horticulture
departm ents, this film is directed by
Emmy award winners Mark Devendorf
and Daria M atza. Devendorf recently
join ed C C C as an instructor in the
D igital M ultim edia Com m unications,
department.This viewing also included
complimentary pumpkin pie. That pie
was said to have been delicious.
ROTG was a great exam ple o f a
docum entary film done righ t. The
cin e m a to g ra p h y w as d iv e rs ifie d ,
yet sim ple. N othin g appeared over
manipulated dr unnecessary. The overall
atmosphere was quite emotional.
The best aspect o f th is film was
its ability to continuously m aintain
the v iew ers’ a tte n tio n . T his was
accomplished through the use of deeply
personal interviews and footage from
families and individuals as well as both
dramatic and entertaining action to break
up any slow points.
The film takes audience members into
the home life of professional, family and
even prison inmate pumpkin growers.
It revealed how all of these people are
actually connected in profound ways.
V iew ers were not ex p e ctin g to
m eet underground pum pkin grow ing
communities who greet trespassers with
loaded shotguns and guard.the pumpkin
patches with security cam eras. They
were expecting to see jack-o’-lanterns,
pum pkin catapults, and 1,000-pound
giant pumpkins. All of these things were
delivered.
The audience laughed as they were
educated in the field o f pum pkin
pollination. That laugh intensified when
the soundtrack lacked on. The crash-
course lessons in pumpkin transportation
were also quite enjoyable.
There were a few tissue scenes and
some moments of sadness as the movie
reminded everyone that thereare still
many among us who are less fortunate
and others who are misguided. But the
positive side was seeing that nearly
everyone from the physically impaired
to the physically incarcerated can share
one com m on connection to both the
planet as well as each other, and that is
the pumpkin.
U ltim ately, the film left m ost with
feelings of joy and amusement. It was
educating, entertaining and enlightening.
The movie is available on iTunes. For
more information, visit:
www.riseofthegiantsmovie.com.
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