† † The Northeast Texas Community College Honors students got a head start on their semester last week as they traveled to Jefferson to film their second feature-length movie.

† † The students are currently in the process of producing a 38-scene film on the life of Morris Sheppard, a native of Morris County.†Sheppard authored the 18th amendment and is known as the father of prohibition.

† † The year 2013 will mark the 100th anniversary of Sheppard's drive for the prohibition amendment in Congress.

The Northeast Texas Community College Honors Program recently released the first feature-length movie ever directed and produced by NTCC students. The film, "Fredonia: A Tale of East Texas," takes a historic look at the most violent and anarchic period in the history of Northeast Texas.

The film was directed by Presidential Scholar Isaac Griffin, and produced by Presidential Scholar, Whitney McIntosh. The Walter Prescott Webb Society of NTCC Honors supported the production.