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November 2007

Sweet Sound of Accessibility

By Nancy L. Babine The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Film Club at the Coolidge Corner Theatre makes movies accessible to people with hearing loss.

Wait For It

By Lynn Tryba
A scene from Emmaline.
S.A. Bouchard ruminates on the patience required to make five seconds of animation and the artistic process in general. His short screens this month at SNOB.

My Film School

By Scott R. Caseley
Larry (Robert J. Lalime) and Lisa (Cristina Cammarata) look towards an uncertain future together.
Filmmaker Scott R. Caseley details the seven-year process of making his first feature film, Larry’s Home Video, and acknowledges the cast of characters that taught him how to do it.

Industry News

By Erin Trahan
Joan Rivers in Making Trouble.  Photo credit: Bettman/Corbis.
A report of news & happenings in the local industry for November 2007.

Three Point Shot

By David Pierotti
A cruel prank is played on Dribbles (Robert Shea).
The Portsmouth, NH filmmaking team of Thomas and Heidi Tosi transition from shorts into feature filmmaking with Dribbles, screening at two festivals this month.

Celtic Tiger

By Nikki ChaseFirst-time filmmaker Catherine Donahue talks about Ireland's recent cultural shift and her documentary, Sin Sceil Eile: Tell Me a Story, showing at the Magners Irish Film Festival in Boston this month.

The Frontier is Collaborative

By Susi Walsh
Conference participants talk about collaboration.  Photo courtesy of Susi Walsh.
Susi Walsh reports from the field of NAMAC, and the unique toolings of Austin's indie scene.

Into the Groove

By Lynn Tryba
Sketches from another Harrington film, Origin.
Jason Harrington gathers elements of sketch artistry, literary nonfiction, the violin, and whale song in The Tree With The Lights In It, an animated short screening this month at SNOB.