Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington students above practice reading from a prompter in the school’s studio, which Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Global Social Justice Fund donated funds to build at the all-girls charter school in 2021.

Students use the space for classes in visual design, video design, and film and television production, said Michael Frederick, GLOW’s digital media teacher.

The classes are part of Adobe Academy, which falls under N.C. Career and Technological Education.

About 80 GLOW students are involved this year, Frederick said.

“We’ve had the opportunity for our students to attend and display work at Cucalorous (Film Festival) and speak with industry standouts like Jonas Pate, the creator of Outer Banks,” Frederick said. “We have only begun to scratch the surface on what is possible in the space.”