(AUDIO) Cassandra Hesseltine on KHUM

Cassandra Hesseltine would like to get fancy with you this weekend.

For the 10th consecutive year, the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commissioner is inviting the community to glam it up and head to the Eureka Theatre at 3:30 p.m. this Sunday for the 10th Annual Red Carpet Gala, which, among other enticements, features a screening of a certain mega-important Hollywood awards show. Hmm! It’s your annual opportunity to forego your standard Carhartt ensemble and live like a star!

But it’s not all red carpet-life for Cassandra. In her 15 years as commissioner, she has corralled the various film productions looking to use Humboldt and its natural beauty as the backdrop for their movies, both large and small. And with California’s industry facing challenges, Hesseltine feels a responsibility to help Humboldt become even-more attractive to filmmakers ambitious enough to make the trek up to our neck of woods. 

Want to hear her vision? Listen to her recent interview with KHUM’s Jordan Dobbins by clicking the player above. Topics discussed include:

• How Cassandra came to be the film commissioner for our area
• What her job entails
• What it would take for dreams of a Redwood Coast Sound Stage could become a reality and why it would be attractive to outside productions. 
• Plans for this Sunday’s red carpet gala
• More!

PREVIOUS JORDAN DOBBINS:

• (AUDIO) Want to See a Humboldt-Made Short Horror Film? Emerging Local Filmmaker River Sky Keller Would Love to See You at The Minor on Saturday