Carissa (www.carissaproject.com) is a documentary short about Carissa Phelps. Last year, Carissa graduated with both a law degree and an MBA from UCLA. But when she was 12, she was homeless and forced into prostitution in Fresno. The film tells Carissa's inspirational story as we travel back with her to the places it happened.

Carissa will be playing once a day, as part of the documentary shorts program, at the following times:

Friday, August 22, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 4:45 p.m.
Sunday, August 24, 7:15 p.m.
Monday, August 25, 9:20 p.m.
Tuesday, August 26, 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27, 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 28, 4:45 p.m.

You can buy tickets online or show up at the box office.

ArcLight Hollywood
6360 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Carissa has won jury prizes at six film festivals, including Best Documentary Short at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and was featured in USA Today and on Good Morning America. The film is also executive produced by Davis Guggenheim, the Academy Award-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth, and Jamie McCourt, owner and president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and sponsored by Virgin Mobile and the Los Angeles Dodgers Dream Foundation.