Locally-shot short film "The Day My Parents Became Cool" available for free online
Film features former Highline Public Schools Superintendent John Welch
Locally-shot short film "The Day My Parents Became Cool" available for free online
The poster for “The Day My Parents Became Cool.” That’s a punked-out former Highline Public Schools Superintendent John Welch in the foreground.
Wed, 12/28/2011
Update
After making its world broadcast premiere on Monday, Jan. 2, "The Day My Parents Became Cool" is now available for viewing at PBS.org for free.
The short film was shot in Burien and Normandy Park in 2009.
Please click here for a link to the film.
Watch closely for a quick cameo appearance by the Highline Times.
Original post
“The Day My Parents Became Cool,” which features former Highline Public Schools Superintendent John Welch as a punked-out rocker, will make its world broadcast premiere on Monday, Jan. 2, at 10 p.m. on KCTS-Channel 9.
The short movie was made in 2009 around Burien and Normandy Park. Around 150 Highline and Federal Way studnets participated in the movie on screen and behind the scenes.
Welch appeared with a leather jacket and spiked hair. Welch left the Highline district in August to become superintendent of the Puget Sound Educational Service District..
The movie, directed by local screenwriter Steve Edmiston won Best Short Comedy at the Internatioanl Family Film Festtival in 2009. It was also an offical selection of the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.
