Max Hechtman Quotes

We try to encourage students to run with whatever they're passionate about. Sometimes it's a more personal film, sometimes it's a personal narrative. With Max, it's a topic that he felt was really important to him and he’s seen in other media and really wanted to explore in this format.

It’s your imagination that becomes your superpower. Use it to come up with new ways and ideas to create work that could resonate with others.

It [filmmaking] makes me feel like I'm able to bring stories to life, so it feels like you're there, It gives perspectives they've never seen before.

Despite everything that's happening, art is still here, It's still alive, but in a way that accommodates what we're facing.

I hope to take what I see and introduce it to a wider audience, hearing songs that relate to a story with true messages and themes and even learn about the past so no one makes the same mistake again.