Rosalia Film's Chris Farina was recently featured in the Daily Progress:

FROM THE DAILY PROGRESS
Over the years, the ranks of The Daily Progress' Distinguished Dozen honorees have swelled with unsung heroes. It's fitting, then, that a Charlottesville filmmaker dedicated to putting his community's unsung heroes in the spotlight takes his place among them this year.

Chris Farina, the artist behind "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements," "West Main Street" and "A Bridge to Life: The Bridge Ministry," said he started creating films "during my last year at the University of Virginia, in 1982. This was in Baltimore, where I grew up. I was interested in other people's stories."

Chris is currently working on A Bridge to Life – a documentary about The Bridge Ministry

The Bridge Ministry has been transforming the lives of men dealing with life-threatening addiction issues by providing them with a residency in a camp where they are taught productive job skills and are also provided with psychological and spiritual mentoring. This camp residency takes them off the downward path created by drug and alcohol addiction that often leads to incarceration, which only deepens their trauma and creates more obstacles to a successful life. 

Our mission, similar to our efforts with past films, World Peace and other 4th-Grade Achievements, Holistic Life Foundation: breathing love into a community and Seats at the Table is to spread the word about this significant work done by the Bridge Ministry to both sustain their efforts as well as to inspire others across the country and beyond to consider replicating this work in their own communities. Increasing the number of individuals whose lives will be transformed by this experience is the main goal of this project's mission.

The Film Collaborative, a 501(c)3 organization, has agreed to be the project's fiscal sponsor, so all contributions to help make this project will be verified as tax-deductible charitable donations.

Please consider supporting this project.
You can find information on this project on our Rosalia Films website through this link: https://rosaliafilms.com/films/the-bridge-ministry/

And please consider sharing this with others as creating a successful independent film is often ensured by the help of supporters with “spreading the word”. And feel free to reach out to me if you have any suggestions, questions or would like to discuss this project further. My email is chris.farina@rosaliafilms.com and my phone number is (434) 825-0972.

Thanks,

Chris Farina
Rosalia Films