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| Barbara Papish, Sandy Rhoads, Bill Smalley, Caryle
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opening piece that shows what can be done when you join a camera,
a dancer, some lively, improvised music, and some computer effects.
Walter Wright is a Boston area video artist who improvises video to
the live music of a number of well-known musicians in the Boston and
New York areas. (6:10 minutes) |
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piece that centers on the interaction between four carpool commuters
from Berkeley to San Francisco on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Thomas Bacon is co-founder of Soulsearch Productions
(45 Irish Cove Road, South Burlington VT 05403) which creates artful
entertainment with unique messages. Carpool was featured
in the New England Film and Video Festival this spring. (16 minutes) |
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never think of the backyard the same way again after seeing this war
of the warblers. The animation and music were by the filmmaker. Geoff
Adams is a video- and filmmaker as well as a composer who creates
the live action segments for the PBS animated series, Arthur.
He lives in Rhode Island. (4:05 minutes) |
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| A stunning
and instructive documentary about the underwater vegetation that is
the source of life under the sea and ultimately for us all. Mark Miller
is a biologist, maritime historian, and author who has published books,
magazine articles, and scientific papers. He lives in Salem, Massachusetts.
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| An animated
tour — a visual dance — through the now closed and crumbling
Waltham State mental facility. The empty spaces and discarded objects
resonate with the unseen lives of those who once resided there. Bryan
Papciak is an award-winning animator who is part of Handcranked
Film Projects, a collaborative of experimental filmmakers.
This film is one of four on a compilation tape available from Handcranked
Film Projects. (10 minutes) |
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of Leominster stars in this tale about a wandering home town girl
who discovers her real roots are no farther away than the nearest
orchard. This is an old fashioned story, but parents of small children
should note that it contains strong language. Andrew Grant is a filmmaker
who is part of Plasticville
Productions. We’ve Got Johnny is part
of a tape that includes Plasticville’s The First Easter
Bunny. (20 minutes) |
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something often enough, people will believe it, especially when the
repeaters are major political and media figures, according to this
piece. Robert Arnold is a prominent experimental filmmaker whose Morphology
of Desire was shown at least year’s Marblehead Festival
of Arts Film Festival. (2:40 minutes) |
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| An outdoor
café is the scene of the shifting relationship between a novelist
who frequents it season after season and the woman who serves his
coffee and pastry. Caution: there is no dialogue in this film, only
classical music and the flow of the seasons. Greg Abate is a filmmaker
who has done commercials and documentaries. (14:47 minutes) |
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