This series of 15 documentary shorts, one of which will play before a number of mostly Santa Barbara–related films, profile some of the recipients of this paper’s 2016 Local Heroes Awards. From much-honored to the most humble, the Heroes collectively reflect the vigorous spirit in our community, and hundreds have been recognized since the first issue of The Santa Barbara Independent back in 1986. Phyllis de Picciotto, who founded the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 32 years ago, and husband Stan Roden, a former District Attorney for Santa Barbara County, said they were “honored to capture the stories of these extraordinary people chosen as Local Heroes,” as their production company, baba2films, has for the past three years.
Organized by individual Hero, the list of times and the film that the short precedes is as follows:
Dennis Apel, peaceful warrior