‘What does the campus expect us to make?’: Sac State students, faculty express concerns over proposed visual content restrictions

Sacramento State film student Heather Uroff has been working on her film “Reflections” since she wrote the script last spring. It is implied in “Reflections” that the main character was sexually assaulted, without actually depicting the assault, Uroff said. 

But a drafted Sac State policy proposing new restrictions on student media — including multiple layers of prior approval, restrictions on content that can be filmed on or off campus, and punishments for students who violate content restrictions — could prevent students like Uroff from creating that type of content.

“What does the campus expect us to make if we can’t make films that are about our own experiences, or things that we’ve seen, or society?” Uroff said. “Do they want us to make Hollywood films about a princess and a frog with a happy ending? I don’t know.”

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