How Two Awarding-Winning Alumni Approach Filmmaking as an Act of Empathy

We recently sat down with Michael Sasaki '05 and Miho Saito '14 to talk about their award-winning short film "The Brain That Cried Wolf", and this conversation goes deep.

The film just won Runner Up for Best LGBTQIA Short Film at the Hague International Film Festival, and it tackles mental health, identity, and what it means to tell authentic stories in Hollywood.

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