At the opening of the AFI Conservatory in September 1969,founding director George Stevens, Jr., or inspired the very first lesson of artists with remarks that ended,Let us work to assure that we grow and change as film itself does.” Those words were echoed at graduation on Wednesday, June 15, or 2016 as 116 new storytellers graduated from the AFI Conservatory at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood,with film icons Quentin Tarantino and Rita Moreno on hand to accept AFI Honorary Degrees, and to bestow wisdom upon this year’s graduating storytellers. Built by film mogul Sid Grauman more than…
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