Flashpoint Academy Welcomes Noted Filmmakers DA PENNEBAKER and CHRIS HEGEDUS for Special Event and Screenings

Flashpoint Academy is pleased and excited to welcome noted filmmakers DA PENNEBAKER and CHRIS HEGEDUS for a series of exciting events at the Academy. Students will be treated to a special screen of their classic political documentary The War Room covering the first Clinton election.



And then they will screen a short portion from their newest film The Collar about France’s oldest and most prestigious pastry competition, the legendary Meilleurs Ouvriers de France.



The drama follows the quest of a Chicago-based Frenchman who strives to earn the coveted title “One of the Best Pastry Chefs in France” awarded by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.The evening's guests will also be treated to samples of the exquisite pastries he and his colleagues from The French Pastry School of Chicago prepare.