Arts & Entertainment

Short Partially Filmed at Paramount Ranch Screens at Pepperdine University

A film that was partially filmed at nearby Paramount Ranch will be screened Tuesday at Pepperdine University in Malibu. 

The film was partially shot at Paramount Ranch and also used a lot Malibu locals in the film in cameo roles and on the crew. The free screening of Four Winds is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the Elkins Auditorium at Pepperdine University in Malibu. 

The film was recently shown to acclaim at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and follows a story about a Native American scout out for vengeance after the betrayal of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, according to the film's creators.

The 32-minute short was directed by Nick Brokaw, part of the Malibu High School Class of 2004. Jerry Wolf, another member of the Class of 2004, plays the scout, whose name is Four Winds. 

Four Winds is the first release from Napesni Motion Pictures, which Brokaw and Wolf formed together after staying connected through college. The film itself, partially funded by Malibu businesses and families, features plenty of other Malibu ties.

Co-star A Martinez, who used to be Wolf's baseball coach and has performed in Malibu, guided Wolf through his maiden voyage as a feature film lead, while Paramount Ranch was also one of the shooting locations in the film. Wolf also told Patch that Malibu volunteers were part of the process as extras and aid for the production team. And, for extra punch, Carson Higgins, another high school classmate of Wolf's and now part of the "American Idiot" musical tour, makes a cameo in the film.

The Q&A session following the screening will feature Nick Brokaw, Jerry Wolf, and AMartinez, all local Malibu residents, and Pepperdine professor Craig Detweiler. 

To learn more about the movie, you can check out its website here.

-Patch editor Redmond Carolipio contributed to this report.


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