Who: Melissa Samuels, pastry chef
Film by: UNO student and filmmaker Dawn Jefferson
Editor’s Note: NolaVie partners with students of UNO professor László Zsolt Fülöp, pairing them with artists, non-profits, environmental groups, and cultural entities to facilitate a live curriculum that results in a short documentary. In this short doc entitled “Piece of Cake,” UNO film student Dawn Jefferson goes to pastry chef Melissa Samuels for some straight talk about sugar and spice and other things nice.
The Film and Theatre Department of UNO and NolaVie present this weekly series of short films produced by the students in Laszlo Fulop’s documentary class. Read Renee Peck’s column about the program here.
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