The Starving Artist is a short documentary that delves into Philadelphia’s colorful art scene and touches on identity, working, and performance. The documentary crew follows the lives of four artists living and working in the city as they outline why they do what they do and provides an opportunity to see the daily challenges and motivations a professional artist experiences daily. The film shows each subject working in his or her element mixed in with interviews detailing some of the key aspects of living as an artist. Features Belle Alvarez (The Dancer), Bianca Davies (The Poet), Ave Gordon (The Musician), and Terry LaBan (The Cartoonist) and was produced by Amber Jones, Eli LaBan, Devin McDonnell, and Joe McHugh for Professor Kristine Trever Weatherston’s Genres of Media Production course.