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Jeff Cason from page 3
combination of creativity and precision. He
has been an incredible asset in the codification
of ACC procedures and workflow as well as
in the exploration of potential opportunities.”
Julie Todd, senior librarian, emailed that “I
am privileged to serve as City Staff Liaison
to The Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
(ACC). The committee is comprised of
members who are passionate about arts and
culture, and they work hard at creating opportunities
for all of El Segundo.
“Jeff Cason is an incredibly talented
member of the ACC. I remember attending
some of Jeff’s Broadway in the Park productions,
where he produced live shows on the
baseball field, making professional theater
accessible to all. Jeff also lent his talents to
the Centennial Celebration finale featuring
photo projections on the high school bell
tower set to music and fireworks that filled
the sky. Jeff Cason’s love of the arts and of
El Segundo is evident.”
Emailed ACC Chairperson Neal Von Flue:
“Jeff is an incredibly passionate and accomplished
artist, who balances his work with
an extraordinarily strong dedication to public
service. In his time on the City’s Arts and
Culture Advisory Committee, Jeff has been
key in organizing workflow and streamlining
communications that have made it possible
to create and implement the Cultural Development
Fund and other integral parts of our
cultural lives in El Segundo. And he does it
all while balancing a rich creative life and
producing live events that shine a light on
the great community that we live in.”
Cason said that when financial challenges
occur, he is heartened by “artists who forge
forward with their determination to see arts
continue and find a way. We are going to
weather this pandemic, and we will see some
cool things happening.”
When he is not working, Cason said that he
loves to “make music, and write.” He takes
full advantage of El Segundo’s proximity to
the beach, pedaling around town on his bike.
He said that he has also rediscovered the
hiking trails that are available in the nearby
Los Angeles environs.
He said he is extremely excited for the
future of the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
and foresees a “fantastic journey” to
introduce new public events and the arts to
the citizens of El Segundo, citing COVIDwilling,
a new initiative, which he dubbed
the “Festival of Holidays,” that would augment
the cities early December tree-lighting
ceremony, which would add music and food
to the always-popular event.
He also touted the proposed selection of
an El Segundo “poet laureate” to promote
and capture the El Segundo experience
through verse.
Cason said that, once he graduated from
high school, he was eager, like most 18-yearolds,
to test the waters of other environs.
But he soon came to understand that “what
I realized is that this is an incredible community.
You know your neighbors, and they
know you. I came back because I wanted to
invest in my community.”
Thanks for the investment, Mr. Cason! •
Ryan Thurbon
Film Review from page 5
amongst them? And who is actually trespassing
on whose land?
For a sci-fi film taking place on Mars,
writer and director Wyatt Rockefeller gives
Settlers a realistic setting (not always easy
to do on a tight budget). Its vast, red-skied
desert landscape makes for a grounded and
believable depiction of Mars. To this end,
Settlers smartly focuses its story on the
human elements at the heart of the story
(even breaking the film into chapters focusing
on each of the main characters). The central
struggle here is both of settlers and indigenous
people trying to co-exist with each other,
along with trying to survive while bringing
their fatal human flaws (and corruptions)
with them. Settlers ends up entering much
darker terrain than I had anticipated,
which makes the film even more substantial
and worthy of a watch. There’s a funny
BB-8-like robot named Steve that’s around
for some light-hearted fun, but Settlers
is at its best when it stays intimate with
its characters.
The film’s biggest names, Sofia Boutella
(Climax) and Brooklynn Prince (The Florida
Project), establish the heart of the film
early on as mother and daughter, giving a
strong central core to the film. Boutella’s
protective resolve as young Remmy’s mother
is strong, and Prince is tasked with delivering
a strong emotionally intricate performance
beyond her years, which she does. When
Settlers advances forward in time, it’s Ismael
Cruz Córdova as Jerry, a native intruder,
who lives long enough to see an older
Remmy (Nell Tiger Free) and attempt to
live alongside her. Nell Tiger Free continues
the film’s suspenseful and adventurous tone
while ending up being the one to take the
story to a new chapter.
Settlers works as more than just another
sci-fi film and successfully poses questions
that we should currently consider as a society,
across all of humanity. It’s a worthy depiction
of humanity’s inevitable future, and warns
of the human struggles that will continue to
endure if we don’t learn from our intrinsic
corruptions. It certainly makes me think that
Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos should
consider and share their thoughts on the
ethical questions surrounding colonization
before we settle onto these new frontiers.
1 hour 43 minutes. Distributed by IFC Films,
‘Settlers’ is now playing in select theaters. •
Ryan Rojas
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