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Bucket of stars / by Rosen, Suri.;
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have. It's the summer of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision. Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county -- and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that's not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father -- an ex-astronomer who's almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth. Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images -- and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.
Subjects: Astronomers; Independent filmmakers; Small cities; Urbanization;
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Sizzle : a novel / by Garwood, Julie.;
Subjects: Romantic suspense fiction.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Independent filmmakers; Witnesses;
© c2009., Ballantine Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Bitter Ash. by Kent, Larry,film director.; Scarfe, Alan,actor.; Griffith, Diane,actor.; Kent, Larry,actor.; Mackenzie, Lee,actor.; Stewart, Lynn,actor.; Brown, Philip,actor.; Canadian International Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alan Scarfe, Diane Griffith, Larry Kent, Lee Mackenzie, Lynn Stewart, Philip BrownOriginally produced by Canadian International Pictures in 1963.With a dead-end job and a potentially pregnant girlfriend jeopardizing his freedom, Des spirals into bitterness and fantasies of crime. While visiting a sick friend, he crosses paths with the similarly jaded Laurie, a young parent working to provide for her child and struggling playwright husband. Desperate to recapture a sense of vitality, the couple invites Des and a group of local beatniks over for a hedonistic party. The first feature from celebrated independent filmmaker Larry Kent.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Cult films.; Families.;
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Brainwashed [videorecording] : sex-camera-power / by Dash, Julie,on-screen participant.; Menkes, Nina,film director.; Spheeris, Penelope,on-screen participant.; Yi, Charlyne,on-screen participant.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi."If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory." In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker Nina Menkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design. Using clips from hundreds of movies we all know and love from Metropolis to Vertigo to Phantom Thread Menkes convincingly makes the argument that shot design is gendered. It illuminates the patriarchal narrative codes that hide within supposedly "classic" set-ups and camera angles and demonstrates how women are frequently displayed as objects for the use, support, and pleasure of male subjects. The film features interviews with an all-star cast of women and non-binary industry professionals including Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Joey Soloway, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Maria Giese, and Rosanna Arquette. The result is an electrifying call-to-action that will fundamentally change the way you see, and watch, movies.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Framing (Cinematography); Gender identity in motion pictures.; Motion pictures; Sexism in motion pictures.; Sexual minorities in motion pictures.; Women in motion pictures.;
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Video Camera Kit [equipment]. by Please return all components in the container.;
"The XA20 is a compact, "run-and-gun" HD camcorder with an impressive optical performance from a powerful new Genuine Canon 20x HD Video Lens with a new 8-Blade Circular Aperture, capable of focusing down to just 23.6 inches (60cm). Other features include a 3.5" OLED Touch Panel Display with the equivalent of 1.23 million dots of resolution, Tiltable electronic viewfinder, multiple HD/SD recording rates - including 24p for a "cinematic" look - together with a choice of industry-standard MP4 (up to 35 Mbps) and AVCHD (up to 28 Mbps) codecs. The high image quality and recording versatility make the XA20 ideal for independent and documentary filmmaking, as well as event videography and educational institutions."--from Manufacturer.
Subjects: Equipment.; Video Cameras.; Library of things.; Digital media lab.;
© , Canon.
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A woman I know : female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination / by Haverstick, Mary,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she'd stumbled onto the project of a lifetime--a biopic of aviation pioneer Jerrie Cobb, the key figure in a group of extraordinary women who in 1960 passed the same tests as the legendary male astronauts of the Mercury 7 but never went to space. Just as casting was set to begin, Haverstick received a mysterious warning from a government agent; soon she began to suspect that there was more to Jerrie's story than what met the eye. As she dug deeper, she discovered that Jerrie's life shadowed that of a mysterious CIA agent named June Cobb, whose espionage career traced an arc of intrigue from the jungles of South America to Fidel Castro's Cuba, to the communist literary circles in Mexico City--and ultimately into the dark heart of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas. Haverstick's attempt to learn the truth directly from Jerrie would plunge her into a cat-and-mouse game that stretched across a decade, deep into a thicket of coded CIA files. As she uncovered a remarkable set of mostly unknown women whose high-stakes intelligence work left its only traces in redacted files, she also found shocking new clues about what really happened at Dealey Plaza in 1963. Offering fresh insight into the Kennedy assassination and a vivid picture of women in midcentury intelligence, A Woman I Know brings to life the astonishing duplicities of the Cold War intelligence game, a world where code names and hidden identities were the lifeblood of spies bent on seeking advantage by any means necessary."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Cobb, Jerrie.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Espionage, American; Spies; Women air pilots;
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King corn [videorecording (DVD)] : you are what you eat / by Cheney, Ian.; Ellis, Curt.; Woolf, Aaron.; Balcony Releasing; Docurama (Firm; Independent Television Service; Mosaic Films; New Video Grou;
Camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney ; editor, Jeffrey K. Miller ; original music, The WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis.Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney.Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's modern food system.E.DVD.
Subjects: Corn as food.; Corn; Corn; Documentary films; Genetically modified foods;
© c2008., Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video,
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If a tree falls [videorecording] : a story of the Earth Liberation Front / by Baxter, James.; Curry, Marshall.; Hamacheck, Matthew.; Kinosmith Inc.; National (Musical group); Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm);
Editors, Matthew Hamacheck, Marshall Curry ; music, James Baxter, The National.The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat,' told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry weaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of the events that led to his involvement with the ELF.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: McGowan, Daniel.; Earth Liberation Front; Documentary films.; Ecoterrorism; Environmentalists;
© c2011., Oscilloscope Laboratories ; Distributed by Kinosmith,
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The mother of all Degrassi : a memoir / by Schuyler, Linda,author.;
"When a young schoolteacher decides to teach her Grade 8 class about filmmaking and creates a documentary that ends up being broadcast internationally, she sets in motion a career of storytelling for an age group largely ignored by TV executives ... and creates one of the most-loved television franchises of all time. Includes fabulous behind-the-scenes photos and stories for Degrassi fans. Linda Schuyler, co-creator and executive producer of the long-running Degrassi series, shares her personal stories about the grit and determination necessary to make it as a woman entrepreneur in the bourgeoning independent Canadian television industry of the early 1980s. After surviving a near-fatal car accident in 1968, Linda found her life continuing to veer in unexpected directions, ultimately leading her to use her innate abilities as an educator to become a successful storyteller and businesswoman. Linda's deep fondness for teenagers has made her a champion for adolescents. In The Mother of All Degrassi, she shares her strong belief that television is all about story, and good story is all about making the political personal. Through anecdotes and introspection--and some great behind-the-scenes stories for Degrassi fans--Linda examines her philosophy to dream big, think small, meet life head-on, and always keep an open heart."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Schuyler, Linda.; Degrassi television programs.; Television producers and directors; Women television producers and directors;
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Won't you be my neighbor? [videorecording] / by Cephas Jr., McColm,on-screen participant.; Clemmons, Francois Scarborough,on-screen participant.; Neville, Morgan,film producer,film director.; Rogers, Joanne,on-screen participant.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Joanne Rogers, Mccolm Cephas Jr., Francois Scarborough Clemmons, Fred Rogers.From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom), Won't You Be My Neighbor takes an intimate look at America's favorite neighbor - Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination. The documentary follows Rogers through three decades of hosting PBS's “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood” as he speaks to children about important matters and shows how television could be used as a positive force in our society.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Rogers, Fred.; Mister Rogers' neighborhood (Television program); Television actors and actresses; Television personalities; Children's television programs; Children's television programs;
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