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Author: Borja, Rhea R.1

SOURCE: Education Week

FILM STILLS: Courtesy of Chris Hergert and Elizabeth G. Mims

PHOTO (COLOR): SHOOTING STAR: Chris Hergert, the winner of a recent student-film competition in Texas, shows a clip to actors working on the set of a new movie in San Antonio.

PHOTO (COLOR): CALLING THE SHOTS: Chris Hergert adjusts the camera while shooting scenes in a restaurant for "Heaven and Hell," a film being directed by Kat Vermeulen, below left, a fellow student at Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio.

PHOTO (COLOR): Chris Hergert, a 17-year-old junior at the North East School of the Arts in San Antonio, wanted to "make a film about Germany, because I'm German." His short drama, set in the World War II era, tells the story of a young Jewish mother's attempt to escape the Nazis. The actors â€" Mr. Hergert's sister, father, and uncle â€" speak entirely in German, and the film is subtitled in English.

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By Rhea R. Borja, Austin, Texas

PHOTOGRAPHS BY Alicia Wagner Calzada