{"id":22402,"date":"2025-02-11T15:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2025\/02\/11\/el-hefni-building-goes-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:30:15","slug":"el-hefni-building-goes-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/02\/11\/el-hefni-building-goes-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"El Hefni Building Goes Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25501\" style=\"width: 513px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/18497791359_8402637e4a_c-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25501\" class=\" wp-image-25501\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/18497791359_8402637e4a_c-1.jpg\" alt=\"el hefni building at dusk\" width=\"503\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Northern Essex Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Allied Health and Technology Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What started out as a small, independent film is now likely heading for a major national release. &#8220;Sorry, Baby&#8221; was shot partially on the Northern Essex Community College Lawrence Campus in the winter of 2024. The film features scenes in and around the Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Health and Technology Center at 414 Common Street.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Eva Victor wrote, directed, and stars in the film. She plays the lead character Agnes, a fictional college professor recovering from a sexual assault. The movie&#8217;s tagline states: \u201cSomething bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on\u2026 for everyone around her, at least.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sorry, Baby&#8221; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month to much critical acclaim. The movie took home Sundance\u2019s Waldo Salt Award for Screenwriting and earned a 100 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Following its success, several major studios bid on the rights to distribute the movie worldwide. A24 Films won and will plan a national release soon. The movie is listed as &#8220;coming soon&#8221; on the A24 <a href=\"https:\/\/a24films.com\/films\">website<\/a>. 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