Huntington’s Film Program Featured on the 700 Club

Dean of the Arts and Professor of Digital Media Arts / Film Lance Clark has seen his film journey come full circle. Growing up as the son of two conservative pastors, Clark was not allowed to watch movies as a child. Despite this, he found a way to follow his dream of telling people's stories through film. After earning a bachelor's degree in communication from HU, Clark finally pursued filmmaking by attending graduate school. Clark was hired as a professor at HU in 1993 and began HU's film program in 2005, wanting to give his students a better and more complete industry experience. In 2019, Clark and Assistant Professor of Film Production Matthew Webb began envisioning the program's first feature film, A Carpenter's Prayer, based on a gentleman in Clark's life as a child. Production began in 2022, and the film premiered in 2023 and hit theatres nationally in 2024, fulfilling Clark's dream of telling impactful stories while empowering his students in the process.

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