Light Bulb Productions

Illuminating Stories: Deaf Perspective

Warm Hearts

Short Documentary and Awards

The Flint Association of the Deaf is struggling to stay relevant and is at risk of losing everything, including its heritage in the local deaf community. Produced by Donny Weyand Jr. & Jessi Opperthauser in association with the Media Arts & Entertainment Technology program at Mott Community College.

Flint Youth Film Festival

I received three separate awards for my short documentary “Warm Hearts” at Flint, Michigan's 2019 Flint Youth Film Festival.

  • College Nonfiction Best Story

  • College Nonfiction Runner-Up

  • Heart Award

    • The Heart Award goes to a film that helps identify and recognize issues affecting a specific community.

Liberal Art Networks for Development

L.A.N.D. was hosted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2020. I was honored for my short documentary, “Warm Hearts.”

  • 2020 Student Film Competition

    • Nonfiction/Documentary, Fourth Place

1904 Deaf Film Festival

1904 Deaf Film Festival: The Deaf Visual Arts Festival is in St. Louis, Missouri. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the film festival became virtual from May 25th to May 31st, 2020. They announced that “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for the virtual screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Third place, finalist.

The Jane Austen International Film Festival

The Jane Austen International Film Festival is based in Bath, England (United Kingdom). It was on hold and postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Festival will be held on September 16th, 2020, and has limited seating. “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Best Informative Documentar

Deaf Rochester Film Festival

Deaf Rochester Film Festival is based in Rochester, New York. It’s a film festival for all Deaf films. DRFF focuses on the creativity and arts created by Deaf and hard-of-hearing filmmakers. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, they moved to a virtual film festival from October 11th to 18th. “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for the virtual screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Selection