Director David Ellsworth of Charlottesville to Have Films Screened at Prestigious Film Festivals

ST. MARY'S CITY, MD (10/15/2012)(readMedia)-- "Front Street Yard," a film by St. Mary's College of Maryland Assistant Professor of Theater, Film, and Media Studies David Ellsworth, will be screening on Oct. 17 at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, in Hot Springs, Ark., and on Oct. 18 at the Antimatter Film Festival, in Victoria, British Columbia.

The film has won the Juror's Choice Award at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival as part of its national traveling program, and the Grand Prize at the Montreal Underground Film Festival.

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St. Mary's College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. More than 2,000 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary's River in Southern Maryland. www.smcm.edu