‘Paper Dragons’ film begins shooting in Puyallup

If you’re in the Puyallup area, be on the lookout for a film crew. “Paper Dragons,” a feature length film writ­ten and directed by Jason Hawkins, is being shot in several different loca­tions around the city of Puyallup.

Filming took place throughout April at the Washington State fair­grounds, downtown Puyallup and South Hill.

The movie is set in a small Wash­ington state town and explores the many different aspects of contempo­rary American life. Themes such as workplace bullying, violence, mental health and problems accessing ade­quate healthcare are explored throughout the film.

“Paper Dragons” follows husband, father and provider, Greyson Bell. Throughout the movie, Greyson struggles to understand a world that values social media likes more than the human heart behind them.

This film is being produced by Cineglyph, LLC, a local full-service production company that specializes in the portrayal of the Pacific North­west through film. The company is ran by Cliff and Tabatha Bennett, who are both veterans and UW commu­nications program alumni.

“The story focuses on what causes someone to snap,” said Tabatha Ben­nett, the executive producer for Cine­glyph, LLC. “‘Paper Dragons’ looks beyond violence, to the whole set of life circumstances that lead a person to say ‘enough is enough.’ Too often our culture looks at the surface causes of violence and not at the many fac­tors that underlie it. Our goal in this film is to make people think — and more importantly to take time to care for one another.”

When Greyson finds that his mas­culine roles are being stripped from him, he quickly spins out of control and turns to violence to cope. The film forces us to ponder: When a man has lost everything, what remains?