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We Must Remember

Metadata

title
We Must Remember
meaning
Film score (2009); Luke Walton composer. Student Holocaust documentary by Carlsbad High CHSTV, directed by Doug Green, produced by Lisa Posard.
year
2009
artist
CHSTV / Carlsbad High School
role
production
productionRoles
Composer
placement
Film We Must Remember (2009 student documentary · Holocaust)
press
themes
  • Scoring for picture
  • Holocaust documentary
  • San Diego
  • Carlsbad
  • CHSTV
  • 2009
draft
false

Content

We Must Remember is a student Holocaust documentary from Carlsbad High School's CHSTV broadcast journalism program: sixteen teens tracing the Holocaust through survivor interviews, European filming, and classroom curriculum. Doug Green directed; Lisa Posard (Carlsbad Educational Foundation) produced. CHSTV hosts the film, teaching resources, and curriculum materials.

Luke Walton: composer

Luke Walton (then credited as Luke Walton; La Costa Canyon High graduate and Carlsbad native, not a Carlsbad High student) composed the film score. Only the San Diego Union-Tribune encore screening notice (May 14, 2009) names him in press, as composer scheduled to perform at MovieMax Carlsbad. Walton's composer credit is on IMDb nm3306688 and tt1344450. First credited film score; predates the March 2009 Taylor Swift date video, USC, and The Luke Walton Band.

Timeline (film, public record)

2008–2009 production. Carlsbad Chamber business briefs (September 2008) reported CHSTV seeking completion funding after filming at Dachau, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Auschwitz/Birkenau, and local survivor interviews. eSchool News (April 21, 2009) documents ~$215,000 in production costs, Leichtag and donor support, trips to Germany/Poland/Washington, and Branko Lustig's involvement after a Hollywood screening.

February 2009 premieres. San Diego Jewish World announced the Joyce Forum world premiere at AMC La Jolla (February 9, 2009). The festival later gave the film a Joyce Forum Special Recognition Award; the premiere pulled the festival's largest audience. KPBS (Beth Accomando) praised the locally made documentary: "There's a sense of both touching sincerity and discovery as these teens research their project and are moved by the results." The Union-Tribune (February 16) covered the red-carpet MovieMax premiere in Carlsbad: 33 minutes, showings at 3 / 7 / 8:30 p.m., ticket proceeds to the Carlsbad Educational Foundation.

Spring 2009. Union-Tribune (April 19): Hollywood screening impressed Schindler's List producer Branko Lustig (March 30); students invited to Zagreb. Leichtag Family Foundation cites a $100,000 grant supporting the 2008 production.

May 14, 2009 encore at MovieMax. Union-Tribune names Walton as composer/performer; proceeds to Carlsbad High broadcasting.

Fall 2009. Oceanside Museum of Art screened the film October 4 at a free youth festival, introduced by student producers and Doug Green.

2010+ reception. Union-Tribune (February 25, 2010): National Conflict Resolution Center Peacemaker Award; festivals in Hollywood, Germany, and Croatia; DVD curriculum planned. 303 Magazine (October 2012): Denver Film Society / Mizel Museum screening with Green and students. Patch (April 2013): HD digital downloads via chstvfilms.org; Dachau memorial distribution; Lustig and Paper Clips producer Joe Fab praise. Amazon lists a commercial DVD (ASIN B0046KJPJW). TJFF study guide documents classroom use. The Coast News notes KPBS broadcast and international acclaim as CHSTV's first documentary.

See also: Goodbye Hello · Press