Rolling out red carpet for UTRGV film

Theatre senior Christopher Marmolejo speaks during a red carpet event about working on the documentary, “Stand Together for Children.” The documentary, which focuses on displaced children, was made by UTRGV students and was screened Tuesday at Cine El Rey in McAllen. Abigail Ollave/THE RIDER

Cine El Rey held a preview of the documentary film “Stand Together for Children” Tuesday in McAllen. Select UTRGV film students led the film alongside Jeff Oppenheim, filmmaker and producer, and Alibe V. Hamacher, chief partnership and development officer for Arigatou International, United Nations liaison and co-executive producer. Abigail Ollave/THE RIDER

Jeffrey Ward, UTRGV dean of the College of Fine Arts, speaks Tuesday about working alongside UTRGV film students in collaboration with Alibe V. Hamacher (left) and filmmaker Jeff Oppenheim, executive producers of “Stand Together for Children,” at Cine El Rey in McAllen. Abigail Ollave/THE RIDER

Alibe V. Hamacher (left), chief partnership and development officer for Arigatou International, United Nations liaison and co-executive producer of “Stand Together for Children,” and Linda Chapman, a UTRGV alumna, admire the theater’s marquee displaying a part of the documentary’s title Tuesday at Cine El Rey in McAllen. Abigail Ollave/THE RIDER

Attendees converse with one another before the preview of the documentary film “Stand Together for Children” Tuesday at Cine El Rey in McAllen. Abigail Ollave/THE RIDER