Dearborn HS students shoot feature film

The Michigan film incentive may be on life support but some Dearborn teens are determined to keep the cameras rolling.

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"Prom-iscuous," the 13th annual Dearborn High School feature film about a senior prom, is so well-written, produced, directed and acted the ban on lewd dancing is the only indication this is a film put on by adolescents.

Kelley Thierry, 17, wrote "Prom-iscuous" and Taylor Stanislawski, 17, directed the film, which premieres May 23 and 24 at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The "mock-umentary" involves MTV following six kids as they prepare for the prom. All of the students are enrolled in the class Advanced Movie Making, taught by Kurt Doelle, whose credits include the 2011 Arts Educator Award from the Dearborn Community Arts Council and the district's Teacher of the Year award a few years back. But please don't ask him about it because he simply doesn't do the ego thing. At all.

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