Published 12:49 pm Thursday, July 23, 2026 THOMASVILLE — Students at Thomasville City Schools transformed the Board of Education into a working movie set for their narrative short film, Old Glory, through PhilathroFilms’ Film Camp this past week. The short film will now be shopped around before debuting at a film festival next spring. PhilanthroFilms is a nonprofit dedicated to creating career pathways through film, media arts education, and workforce development in the underserved and emerging communities across South Georgia and the greater Athens region. Through their VISTA Thomasville team member, Joshwa Copeland, they were introduced to Thomasville City Schools CTAE Director Ashley Palmer and Thomasville City Schools Superintendent Scott Sweeting, who loved the idea of providing students with a new opportunity they may not typically have in South Georgia. “With everything we do, it’s always about trying to create more experiences and opportunities for students in this system,” Sweeting said. “I get especially excited with something like this, because we get to live vicariously through them.” Sweeting said he could imagine himself as a young student attending camp to learn about “movie-making” for the first time. “Over the last 20 years, movie-making in the state of Georgia has become a huge industry,” Sweeting said. “So when we started having these conversations with this organization, I was so excited to set this up for these kids.” Over the course of the camp, CEO and…
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