To many in the film industry, an Academy Award nomination is the highest honor one can achieve. For a pair of childhood best friends from Chamblee, it’s become a reality.
Documentary director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave are nominated for an Academy Award in the category of “Best Documentary Feature” for “Come See Me In the Good Light,” a film about poet and activist Andrea Gibson.
The documentary follows Gibson as they come to terms with a terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis. It depicts how Gibson turned those tragic circumstances into a story about joy, humor and love alongside their wife, poet Megan Falley.
Growing up in Chamblee
White and Hargrave met while attending Kittredge Magnet School, and Hargrave said their time there had a significant influence on the people they would become…