As some of you may remember, in the spring of 2011, Japan suffered a terrible earthquake and tsunami during which one American died. Her name as Talor Anderson. She was from Richmond, was a Randolph-Macon Alumni, and she was part of the Japanese Academy family, having worked on staff for two years. It was a terrible time for the Academy family and the scars still hurt. I, of course knew her and two of our staff this year were students at the Academy while she was on staff.
However, out of tragedy always spings miracles, and Taylor life has been a weath of inspiration. Curently, documentary is being filmed about her life.
The filmmaker and crew will be at the Academy to interview the three of us who knew her (staff only) and wants to do some background shots of the academy students during class or other activities. He will not interview the students and will not use their name or any other identifying information for the film or anything associated with them. To this end, we have put together an image-use release form for the film that gives his company the right to film and use images of academy students. We will have this form available at the check in and will ask all PARENTS to review and sign the form, if they so choose.
Participation in the filming is not required and will not disrupt the Academy program. Students who's parents choose not to sign the form will not miss any Academy activities or be penalized in any way.
If you have any questions about the film, feel free to email me or we can chat about it tomorrow.
Thanks,
Thomas Sones, Japanese Academy
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