We Must Remember
Film score (2009); Luke Walton composer. Student Holocaust documentary by Carlsbad High CHSTV — directed by Doug Green, produced by Lisa Posard.
Press: Carlsbad Chamber — funding appeal (Sep 2008)San Diego Jewish World — Joyce Forum premiere (Jan 2009)KPBS — San Diego Jewish Film Festival (Feb 4, 2009)San Diego Union-Tribune — red-carpet premiere (Feb 16, 2009)eSchool News (Apr 21, 2009)San Diego Union-Tribune — From Holocaust to hunger (Apr 19, 2009)San Diego Union-Tribune — encore screenings (May 14, 2009)Leichtag Family Foundation — grant profileOceanside Museum of Art — youth film festival (Sep 2009)San Diego Union-Tribune — Peacemaker Award (Feb 25, 2010)303 Magazine — Denver screening (Oct 2012)Patch — CHSTV HD digital release (Apr 2013)Amazon — We Must Remember (DVD)Patch — Doug Green, SD County Teacher of the Year (2015)CHSTV WorldwideToronto Jewish Film Festival — study guide (PDF)The Coast News — CHSTV award-winning broadcast programUSC Shoah Foundation — course syllabus (PDF)Carlsbad High — document (PDF)School News Roll Call — Carlsbad (PDF)IMDb — We Must Remember (tt1344450)IMDb — Luke F. Walton (nm3306688)
We Must Remember is a student Holocaust documentary from Carlsbad High School’s CHSTV broadcast journalism program — sixteen teens tracing the Holocaust through survivor interviews, European filming, and classroom curriculum. Doug Green directed; Lisa Posard (Carlsbad Educational Foundation) produced. CHSTV hosts the film, teaching resources, and curriculum materials.
Luke Walton — composer
Luke Walton (then credited as Luke Walton; La Costa Canyon High graduate and Carlsbad native — not a Carlsbad High student) composed the film score. Only the San Diego Union-Tribune encore screening notice (May 14, 2009) names him in press — as composer scheduled to perform at MovieMax Carlsbad. Walton’s composer credit is on IMDb nm3306688 and tt1344450. First credited film score; predates the March 2009 Taylor Swift date video and the USC / Luke Walton Band arc.
Timeline (film — public record)
2008–2009 production. Carlsbad Chamber business briefs (September 2008) reported CHSTV seeking completion funding after filming at Dachau, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Auschwitz/Birkenau, and local survivor interviews. eSchool News (April 21, 2009) documents ~$215,000 in production costs, Leichtag and donor support, trips to Germany/Poland/Washington, and Branko Lustig’s involvement after a Hollywood screening.
February 2009 premieres. San Diego Jewish World announced the Joyce Forum world premiere at AMC La Jolla (February 9, 2009). KPBS (Beth Accomando) praised the locally made documentary: “There’s a sense of both touching sincerity and discovery as these teens research their project and are moved by the results.” The Union-Tribune (February 16) covered the red-carpet MovieMax premiere in Carlsbad — 33 minutes, showings at 3 / 7 / 8:30 p.m., ticket proceeds to the Carlsbad Educational Foundation.
Spring 2009. Union-Tribune (April 19): Hollywood screening impressed Schindler’s List producer Branko Lustig (March 30); students invited to Zagreb. Leichtag Family Foundation cites a $100,000 grant supporting the 2008 production.
May 14, 2009 encore at MovieMax — Union-Tribune names Walton as composer/performer; proceeds to Carlsbad High broadcasting.
Fall 2009. Oceanside Museum of Art screened the film October 4 at a free youth festival, introduced by student producers and Doug Green.
2010+ reception. Union-Tribune (February 25, 2010): National Conflict Resolution Center Peacemaker Award; festivals in Hollywood, Germany, and Croatia; DVD curriculum planned. 303 Magazine (October 2012): Denver Film Society / Mizel Museum screening with Green and students. Patch (April 2013): HD digital downloads via chstvfilms.org; Dachau memorial distribution; Lustig and Paper Clips producer Joe Fab praise. Amazon lists a commercial DVD (ASIN B0046KJPJW). TJFF study guide documents classroom use. The Coast News notes KPBS broadcast and international acclaim as CHSTV’s first documentary.
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