HOME, is a documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of Oakland Mills High School. Going in depth to what people love about the school, the trials and tribulations it contains, and how a community can help people persevere during tough times.

Director Statement

Working on "Home" was an experience of emotions I have never felt before. The feeling of having something you and your friends worked so hard on go somewhere is incredible. The first public screening of Home was at an alumni dinner for Oakland Mills. Once it finished, my friends and I who worked on the project left the auditorium to talk to people before we leave. That's when both alumni, and former teachers started congratulating us, and telling us about the feelings they were having watching the doc. That feeling of someone, anyone, emotionally connected with something you helped make is special, and I'm beyond happy people were able to connect with it.

Director Biography - Ilan Tracton

Director Ilan Tracton, born and raised in Columbia, MD, is a senior at Oakland Mills High School. Starting with small skits and edits at home, his projects gradually became bigger and bigger. With the skills learned in his video production class in eleventh grade, Ilan wrote and directed his first short film, titled "Chameleon". After that, he directed his first documentary, and most recent project "Home, 50 years of Oakland Mills". Ilan's goal is to be filmmaker in a big name studio someday, and create something that will resonate with people for years to come.