02-05-2025
Former News 8 reporter brings new personal film to ROC film festival
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester International Film Festival is back at the George Eastman Museum's Dryden Theatre. It's one of the longest-running short film festivals in the world, and all of the screenings are free.
One of them comes from a former News 8 reporter returning to ROC as a filmmaker. It's called 'Thirteen' and Allison Norlian stopped in our Sunrise studio to share more about her movie ahead of Saturday's screening.
She describes it as a very personal film inspired by real life — her mom and sister. It's told through the eyes of a determined mother fighting tradition to honor her child, who faces a profound disability, with a Bat Mitzvah.
Learn more by watching the interview in the player on this page.
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