RICHMOND HILL – In Richmond Hill, “new” is the name of the game. The south Bryan city has new schools, new townhomes, new businesses, and new (read: more) cars on the road to take us to them. It’s no surprise that people from all walks of life want to put down roots here, searching for a piece of the American Dream in one of Georgia’s fastest-growing counties. Cesar Perez and his family were no different. The 33-year-old film producer, who now lives in Atlanta, was born in El Salvador and grew up here in Richmond Hill, back when “growth” wasn’t a county-wide buzzword yet. “I used to live all the way down [GA SR] 144, up on Kilkenny Road,” Perez said. “There were really not many people down there. It literally took a while to get to school, just because it was very out there.” This memory is a far cry from today’s bustling Richmond Hill, and even further removed from Perez’s life today, where he continues to thrive working in film and media despite suffering a severe car accident in 2018 that nearly killed him. His self-produced documentary, “Chase the Light,” details his path to recovery and is currently doing the film circuit, having been recently submitted to this year’s SCAD Film Festival. The youngest of three, Perez lived a fairly typical suburban life, attending local schools, hanging out with friends, and doing his share of extracurriculars, from soccer practice to band and orchestra and even taking American Sign Language classes. He was one of the Richmond Hill High…
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