BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dozens of Buffalo State University students are seeing the product of their hard work on the big screen for the first time.
Hundreds of people attended the premiere of "The Wrong Road" on Sunday at North Park Theatre in North Buffalo.
It's a 30-minute film that Buffalo State film and television students have been working on for months now, with Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Tom Fontana, who is also a Buffalo State graduate.
Students said working on the production is giving them valuable real-world experience.
"I got a lot of insight on how these bigger films work, like in terms of collaborating with the director, and the writer, and other people," Faye Harris said. "I've done post-production stuff before, but this was like a lot more serious."
'the wrong road' follows a young man who gets lost while driving across the state -- and meets two strangers who know all details about his life.
The project included actress Kathryn Erbe, who played Detective Alexandra Eames in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and Lee Tergesen, who played Tobias Beecher in Fontana's series "Oz."
"The Wrong Road" is about a young man who gets lost while driving across the state and meets two strangers that know all the details of his life.
Fontana — who graduated from Buffalo State University in 1973 and created shows such as "Borgia," "Oz," and "Homicide: Life on the Street" — worked with a production crew from Buffalo State's Television and Film Arts program.