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Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Minutes for May 3, 2019
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Fri May 3 2019. 3:00 PM. Present: Lisa Downing, Benjamin Kalish, MaryJo Stanley, Joel Dansky. Announcements New library hours (Lisa): Forbes library is now open…New additions to Accessibility Focus series (Ben): with the success of the film screening of Going Blind we are contemplating what other types of events we might include the Accessibility Focus series. The bulk of the series will remain classes, but we can mix in book discussions, forums, lectures, films, etc. Ideas already suggested include a forum on hearing loss and a screening of Lives Worth Living a documentary about the fight for disability…
Scary! Spooky! Suspense & Horror Films!
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Films of Audrey Hepburn
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Films of Katherine Hepburn
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Films of Bill Murray
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Two Escobars
This riveting documentary film was made by Northampton natives Jeff and Michael Zimbalist as part of the excellent ESPN 30 for 30 series. It examines a harrowing period in Colombia’s…n the first round of the 1994 World Cup. Like many of the 30 for 30 series filmmakers, the directors succeed in showing the importance and influence of sport on society as a whole, how it reflects and is influenced by the best and worst aspects of our culture. As a result the film appeals to viewers who are not die-hard sports fans, ‘soccer’ fans or familiar with World Cup Football. One of the best of the ESPN 30 for 30 series and best documentari…
Films of Peter Sellers
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Moonstruck
Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck is a film that’s been on cable television throughout much of my life, sitting on the shelves of various video stores and more recently, hanging out in…anged brother Ronny (Nicholas Cage) and invite him to their upcoming wedding. While Johnny is in Italy tending to his ailing mother, Loretta and Ronny wind up having an intense love affair. Chaos ensues!!! We also have Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia and John Mahoney in memorable supporting roles. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover… and I think I’m now learning that you also shouldn’t judge a film by it’s DVD or VHS artwork!…
Exit through the Gift Shop
What starts off somewhat conventionally as a documentary on street art culture and its biggest legend and mystery Banksy, is flipped into an scathing satire of the art world. The…at the hands of those who seek to document, celebrate and endorse it. The films ability to keep the viewer questioning the authenticity and the reliability of the films guide/narrator/director, Thierry, cleverly parallels the art world’s desperate quest to identify Banksy and to own and define his work. In capturing both the rush and excitement of the creation of ‘street art’ and the vacuous dullness of those who seek to commodify and blandly rep…
Waking Sleeping Beauty
In Waking Sleeping Beauty, we go behind the doors of the Disney animation building and see an equal display of creative brilliance and management melodrama. As the 1970’s drew to…enges to the once easy going, hippie-ish department and as a result, the company reached a range of highs and lows. This film features interviews with animators, directors, composers and executives. In addition, the curtain is lifted and we’re granted access to all sorts of behind the scenes footage. We see the animators at work and goofing around, early film cuts and cells, actors recording voice-overs, corporate lectures, between take banter of…
Pootie Tang
A case for Pootie Tang, a micro-essay. Genius comic Louis C.K. had written a script based on a character from the Chris Rock Show and brought it to the big…underhanded schemes, attempts to attach Pootie’s likeness to unhealthy fast food, malt liquor and cigarette smoking. Despite the critical wrath and lampooning from late night talk shows, Pootie Tang still delivers plenty of laughs in its crazy, surreal music video-esque style. Though many cite the film as a “so bad it’s good” romp, I enjoyed the picture in the most genuine way possible. I found myself laughing loudly throughout and having to catc…
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