From The Sun News
HAMBURG — Emily Pumm, a 2010 graduate of Hamburg High School, worked as an assistant producer of the film “Let Them Have Their Way.”
Emily Pumm, a graduate of Hamburg High School and the State University of New York at Buffalo was assistant producer for a local movie.
The movie, directed by independent filmmaker Dien Vo, was produced by Buffalo-based Monolopolus Productions.
Vo was a part-time professor of cinema in media studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo and is now a full-time professor of that subject at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Pumm became involved in the film after Vo, her professor at UB, approached her about working on the production.
“I was just impressed by her abilities and asked her for some help,” Vo said about Pumm.
“I myself didn’t get involved until two years into production,” she added, about the lengthy production process.
For the film, it took more than 100 days, shot over a span of four years in more than 50 Queen City locations, to really come together.
“We were everywhere from the [State University of New York at Buffalo] campus to Delaware Park, to the NFTA subways and busses, Woodlawn Beach, literally any place: We’ve been there,” Pumm said, with a laugh.
Additionally, the film had the help of more than 400 Buffalonians who got involved with seeing the project to fruition, at many levels of production.
“We needed an insane amount of extras for this film,” Pumm said.
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