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Santiago Rizzo - QUEST

Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | By Joy LaClaire

Published April 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM PDT

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Santiago Rizzo with bird chimes

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Tim Moellering with Santiago Rizzo - Stanford Graduation

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Tim Moellering, beloved Willard Middle School coach. After his death, Berkeley named a baseball field in his honor.

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Dash Mihok plays Tim and Gregory Kasyan plays “Mills”.";s:

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Mills (Gregory Kasyan) with "Quest" graffito

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Trust Your Struggle mural "Diego" created to honor "Mills"

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Lou Diamond Phillips plays the stepfather, “Gus”. Betsy Brandt plays his mother, “Ruth”.";s:3:"u

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Lakeith Lee Stanfield plays “Diego”, Mills’ older artist friend, who paints the “Trust Your Struggle” mural above to honor him.";s:3:"uri

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Lou Diamond Phillips (L) Santiago Rizzo (C) Betsy Brandt (R)

To hear this interview with Santiago Rizzo on his film, QUEST, click on this link:

https://forthright.media/2018/04/17/santiago-rizzo-quest/

QUEST, the new film by Santiago Rizzo, is autobiographical, based on his relationship with his amazing Berkeley Willard Middle School teacher and coach, Tim Moellering, and his “PROMISES NEVER BROKEN.”

It will screen at the Mendocino Film Festival on June 1 at Coast Theater (3pm) & June 2 Crown Hall (3pm).