Watch out, Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan: A new generation of directors wants your jobs.These aspiring filmmakers will showcase their efforts at the first TCC Student Film Showcase. A team-taught class at Tacoma Community College's Gig Harbor campus launched a film event that will raise funds for student veterans in honor of TCC's former Veterans' Affairs coordinator, the late Bill Harrington. With the volunteer assistance of TCC alumnus and film school grad Bryan Schroeder, instructors Christie Fierro and Mike Blair took students through the basics of film production in one quarter. Collaborating with Peninsula School District and the Gig Harbor Film Festival, they also set up the film showcase at Uptown's Galaxy Theater. The venture received an outpouring of community support. Net proceeds will benefit TCC's veterans through the Bill Harrington Fund, who passed away earlier this year.

Read Melissa Renahan's full feature on the TCC Student Film Showcase in the Veterans section.

TCC STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Uptown's Galaxy Theater, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr. NW, Gig Harbor, $3, 253.851.3456

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