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The Legend of Pocahontas, produced by CastFam Productions, is a film you don’t want to miss! Read my Q & A with Director, and CYT Alum, Chris Ninness:

How did the initial project pop into your head?

It was really an interesting story how the project came to be. I was in the show when I was 13 and had always felt that it could make an awesome movie. When I was in 10th grade I took the script and started re-working it for a shorter tighter version for a movie. I did this with my best friend Zack Wolfe. When I graduated High School I became friends with Justin and Nick Caster and they jumped on board with the idea and it became a very collaborative project.

What inspired you to create the film?

Jon Lorenz. We all three wanted to tell the story the way Jon (the writer of the musical) originally intended, while bringing new ideas to the table.

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“The Legend of Pocahontas” is a story of an Indian Princes who defied her tribe, and in doing so changed the world forever. Witness her story in a brand new way unlike anything you have ever seen before. Using a unique blend of theater and film, The Legend of Pocahontas is a movie you won’t want to miss.

Chris Ninness contributed to the CYT Blog a couple weeks ago- urging CYT SD to help develop a commercial with Walmart Stores, in hopes that it would be hand-picked to be viewed on air during American Idol! Well, because of your help, the video is FINALLY here.

You can watch the video at the Mofilm website. The commercial, “Live Better Musical” was co-directed by Chris Ninness and David Gaetke.

Chris Ninness stressed that no community voting would be available for the competition, “It will be judged by a panel of Walmart executives…. Please pray and keep your fingers crossed.” He also spoke of everyone’s hard work amongst the video’s huge collaborative effort:

“The best way to help a project reach it’s full potential is to surround it with the best talent you can. The key was to find a great cinematographer, a great group of dancers, and an amazing song writer. When all the elements came together it was like magic. The enormous amount of effort put into it was why it has gotten such great feedback,” said Ninness.