2008 Woodie Awards
Not your average Winter Break: senior to shoot documentary
By Kelly Duncan
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: Features
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On Dec. 20, Faust will be boarding a plane to Liberia, where she will work on shooting video for a documentary about The MacDella Cooper Foundation (MCF). According to Faust, the foundation raises money to help support and educate children in Liberia.
Faust will be traveling with Tammy Tibbetts, who graduated from the College last year.
"In Liberia, (Tibbetts) will be volunteering as well as helping me direct the documentary," Faust said. "It'll be great to have a friend there to keep me on track and give me some new ideas that I might not have thought of on my own."
They first became involved with Cooper last year while working on a digital storytelling project titled, "Liberia's Angel: The Story of MacDella Cooper," which inspired the documentary.
"At one point while we were working on the project, MacDella took a few weeks to visit Liberia," Faust said. "I wished that we could go with her to get some video for our site. We couldn't travel with her then, but we didn't let go of the idea of a documentary. Then she gave us the opportunity to volunteer with her in Liberia and I knew making a documentary would be a great experience for me and would be beneficial for her foundation, as well."
According to Faust, each year, MCF holds a Christmas party for more than 600 orphans. She will be volunteering at the event, which will be held in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, while filming for the documentary.
Faust said her family is worried about the trip, but they understand the importance of what she will be doing and the passion she has for the project.
Since Faust's travel experience is limited to a semester abroad in France, she said she is excited about having the opportunity to get experience with making documentaries and the chance to volunteer with an organization close to her heart. However, she does have a few worries of her own.
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