BEAUMONT - The Art Studio, Inc. presents a micro-cinema   screening   by Community Cinema in associ­ation   with   G   Sharp Productions today at The Art Studio at 7 p.m.

The screening will feature projects from film students at Lamar University and the award wining independent film, "Laughing Boy" by pro-ducer/director Joe Grisaffi.

Community Cinema was formed by Houstonian's Bob & Georgia Neal in July. The mis­sion of Community Cinema focuses on community art and entertainment that fosters cre­ative ideas and talent The Neal's wanted to bring inde­pendent film to underserved communities to facilitate an appreciation and resurgence of the art form.

The idea came from Bob's involvement with independ­ent film festivals as a volunteer and as he pursued acting and voice over work in Houston. He noticed that the filmmak­ers who attended and submit­ted their works to film festivals were doing everything possi­ble to promote their films.

However there was a need to continue to promote and support the filmmakers after trav­eling the film festival circuit. Before the screening of each feature film, Lamar University film students and graduates will have the opportunity to showcase their recent independent film projects. Lamar University graduate, Wyatt Cagle will screen his docu­mentary, "The One Act" Sour Lake Junior, Robin Focken will be showing her award winning short, "Root Beer" Zack Dubuisson, Zack Jones, and Kenneth Dupuis Will screen their project; Just Riding Around and Port Neches junior Brad Neal will present  his  film  "In Retrospect"

The event will be held at The Art Studio, Inc. at 720 Franklin Street    in    downtown Beaumont The Art Studio, Inc. was founded as a non-profit corporation in December, 1983 by artists to encourage other artists to practice their disciplines  in  Southeast Texas. It was envisioned that by addressing the needs of artists in the process of devel­oping their careers.

For more information about the Community Cinema event contact, Gordon S. Williams at Lamar University Television at 88()~11038 or Ren Brumfield at The Art Studio, Inc. at 839-5393.