HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A High Point Native and New York University film student is making a short documentary on Western North Carolina.
Her goal is to raise awareness of the destruction left behind in western North Carolina nearly three months after Hurricane Helene hit.
Caroline Griffith, 20, is a sophomore majoring in film, TV production and psychology at NYU.
She went to western North Carolina on Thanksgiving to capture resilient communities working to recover months after that storm.
“I hope that the documentary will invoke a sense of urgency in people and awareness of how much work there is to be done,” Griffith said.
While it’s for an assignment for a documentary production class, she has another goal. She wants to shine a light on the vast destruction Hurricane Helene left in several communities in that region.
“Seeing it in real life, it’s a different feeling … As hard as I try to portray that with my camera … I can’t really grasp the nature of what it feels like to be standing right there, but I can try,” Griffith said.