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Alumnus Daniel Lafrentz based his film &quot;Noble Creatures&quot; off of a real life prison escape in New York. However, Lafrentz set his film in Louisiana in order to create tension using its natural landscape in places such as Lafayette and Maurice, and also featured Louisiana-native actors. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)

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Graduate student presents nature, drama in new prison escape film

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A real-world prison escape inspired writer and director Daniel Lafrentz’s film “Noble Creatures.” Lafrentz, a graduate student in film, based his film off an article he read in 2015 about two prisoners who escaped a maximum security prison in New York.

https://dailybruin.com/2017/08/28/graduate-student-presents-nature-drama-in-new-prison-escape-film/

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Graduate student presents nature, drama in new prison escape film

By Olivia Mazzucato

Aug. 28, 2017 12:39 a.m.