(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A Colorado Springs teen has secured over $100,000 in scholarship funds after taking the top prize for his documentary at the All-American High School Film Festival in New York City on Sunday, Oct. 19.
Youth Documentary Academy (YDA) graduate Connor Strange won Best Documentary for his film “Not All Heroes,” which delves into the filmmaker’s connection to the gallantry of comic book heroes and how those ideals helped shape his perception of heroism in the absence of his biological father as a role model.
“Your dad is your superhero. Everyone says that–‘Oh, who is your superhero?’ ‘My dad,’ you know,” Strange says in his documentary. “Well, I don’t get that… I don’t get the relationship that my friends have with their dads.”…