Moviemaker inspiration!

Kendall Goldberg, FHH graduate and 20-year-old Hollywood moviemaker!

                                     

A movie maker.

A military police officer.

A professional artist and painter.

A neonatal nurse.

What do these women have in common?

They are all busy inspiring Troop 10265 this year!

Our girls are hearing from many incredible young women as they learn about different roles for women, part of a Girl Scout journey they are taking. This leadership journey is designed to help them learn who they are now and who they may want to become in the future. 

Our first guest was the awesome Kendall Goldberg, a former Frank Hammond student and MHS 2013 graduate who is a real Hollywood moviemaker!

An award-winning director at the ripe old age of 20, Kendall has already made several short films that have been shown at film festivals. Some of her films can be seen on her website www.kendallgoldbergfilms.com. They include Washing Away, which she made while at junior at Munster High School, Water, and Bark Mitzvah. She just filmed her very first feature-length film over the summer in Michigan called Lake Effect. 

Kendall is in her junior year of film school at Chapman University in California. She spoke to the girls via FaceTime, and they were able to interview her and see her on the white board in Room 7 during our meeting. One of her filmmaking friends, Trevor, also stopped by to talk about how Kendall's work ethic and persistence inspired him to never give up on his filmmaking dreams.

Kendall on the set of her feature film, The Lake Effect

                   

                               

The girls asked Kendall all about her life as a movie maker and if she faced stereotypes and how she overcame them. Kendall said she faced stereotypes "every day" as one of a small number of female film students at her university. But she said they don't stand in her way as a filmmaker. "If anyone ever tells me I can't do something, it just motivated me and I think, 'Someday, you'll be watching my movies,' " she said.

"I'm a filmmaker who happens to be a girl," she said.

Kendall shooting her movie Water

                                  

                                              

While growing up she said her mom and grandmother inspired her to follow her dreams and work hard. "You can do anything if you put your mind to it!" they told her.

She started making movies when she was just five years old! She went on to act in plays at Wilbur Wright Middle School and Munster High School and to be a part of the high school speech and debate team. She said both helped her to be more confident when talking to people in Holkywood as a filmmaker.

After our girls talked about their favorite characters from movies or books and other entries from their journals, Kendall shared her favorites, including Katniss from the Hunger Games, Merida from Brave, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Anna Kendrick from Pitch Perfect and Elizabeth from Pirates of the Caribbean.

As the girls mentioned their favorites and we compared them later with Kendall's answers, we noticed a common theme: They were all brave, confident young women. Just like the girls of Troop 10265!

The girls made collages representing themselves

         

Kendall's great advice!

       

                              

Kendall directing a movie