John Hunter

Surrounded by Agnor-Hurt Elementary fourth graders, World Peace Game creator John Hunter shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

Gone global: Hunter and his World Peace game soar

If there were a competition for the most modest man in Charlottesville, teacher and World Peace Game creator John Hunter and local filmmaker Chris Farina would be neck-and-neck for the prize. "I'm just along for the ride," says Farina, who produced and directed the 2010 fil
Teacher John Hunter and filmmaker Chris Farina stand outside the Paramount on the night of the Charlottesville "sneak peek" of the film World Peace & Other Fourth Grade Achievements.

Global exposure: 'Fourth Grade' film racks up honors

It may not yet have achieved world peace, but a locally-made film has gotten a world stage. John Hunter, the star of World Peace & Other Fourth Grade Achievements as well as the creator of the game that inspired the film, joined such luminaries as Bill Gates, retired Ar

7 festivals... and other 'Achievements' for local film

Chris Farina's film, subject of a February cover story, is screening this month at festivals as far away as Norway. HOOK COVER Seven months after it premiered at the South By Southwest fi

Peace and Parking: Local films flying high at festivals

World Peace and other 4th Grade Achievements and�  The Parking Lot Movie were the subject of the Hook's February 18, 2010 cover story. HOOK COVER IMAGE One month after two local movies

Another 4th-Grade Achievement: sell-out

It's a small local film made on a shoe-string budget, but World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements, one of the subjects of the Hook's February 18
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