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Philadelphia, PA- Neal Dhand, MFA, assistant professor of Communication at Chestnut Hill College, has fulfilled a major accomplishment. His new feature film, “Crooked & Narrow,” was selected by the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) and was screened in early June.
“I’m excited to premiere ‘Crooked & Narrow’ at the Brooklyn Film Festival and thrilled to be in such great company,” says Dhand. “Brooklyn is a fantastic launching pad for the movie as it heads out into the world. I’m really looking forward to seeing it in its proper, big-screen form, and also finally with an audience.”
Dhand is a writer, director and producer. His 2012 directorial debut, “Second-Story Man,” premiered at Cinequest 21 and was screened at festivals in Shanghai, Marbella and around the U.S. He is currently in development on the sci-fi thrillers, “Zippers” and “The Lighthouse.” At Chestnut Hill College, Dhand teaches screenwriting, directing and film history.
For more information about “Crooked & Narrow” visit https://www.facebook.com/CrookedNarrow/?fref=ts or http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/films/detail.asp?fid=1643.
The BFF is an international, competitive festival that aims to provide a public forum in Brooklyn in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films.
Photo caption: Dhand (center), works on set during the filming of "Crooked and Narrow." Photo credit: Kendall Whitehouse.
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About Chestnut Hill College
Celebrating more than 90 years of tradition and risk, Chestnut Hill College is a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition that offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master’s and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master’s universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since 1924, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life’s challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.
