Month: January 2023
SHORT STORY Reading: Magnaminous Maureen, by York Davis
Genre: Autobiographical anecdote
1 Liner: A truly great artist is gracious and thrives on performance setbacks.
Performed by Val Cole
SHORT STORY Reading: Sadie, by Anna Kemp
Escape the pens of the dog shelter with Sadie, the Saint Bernard and her friends in search of loving homes.
Genre: Animation
Narrator: Val Cole
POETRY Reading: Ruins of Memories by Badradeen Mohammed
Performed by Val Cole
Ruins of Memories by Badradeen Mohammed
On a sunny autumn day
I was leaning on a plastic chair in front of my house
With sweat dripping from my body
Caused by the high temperature
And resentment for the intensity of my anger
Suddenly, without realising I found myself standing up
So fascinated by the landscape
The breathtaking beauty and charm
This was magnificence and harmony which I had not found in any instance of my life
A cluster of white clouds and in just moments fantastic coloured
Were formed in red-dark and others were black and grey
Added to the sky was like a page, draped in lothario blue
Like a masterful painting, fine
Drawn by skilled artist
Which did not leave any room for error
Everyone was running down looking for a shelter to escape the heavy rain
I did not move a finger
Amused…
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NOVEL Reading: Standoff, How The Cold War REALLY Ended, by Rick Karlsruher
Chapter Transcript: Stumbling into History
A Few Months Earlier
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34737368-standoff-how-the-cold-war-really-ended
Genre- Satire/comedy – 69,000 words
Logline- What if everything you were told about how the Cold War ended was a lie? Standoff has been called, “Dr. Strangelove on acid”.
Watch the RECREATION DOC Shorts Festival – Jan. 19/20 event
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NEVER GIVE UP: AKINORI IN MOORESVILLE, 13min, USA, Documentary
Directed by Royce Akifumi Wilmot
24 years since first attending a NASCAR race, Akinori Ogata chases his dream of one day racing in the Daytona 500. Moving his family halfway across the world in the process, he races locally in the lower series of NASCAR, working for his big break. His sons have graduated high school, and they and his wife have moved back to Japan. Alone in his small race shop, he prepares his limited late model stock car for the biggest local race of the year.
BEYOND THE ROPES, 38min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jalen Robinson
BEYOND THE ROPES: The 40+ Double Dutch Club Documentary showcases how taking a “break from adulting” to jump double dutch, hula hoop and play old childhood games can be an exciting, affordable way to tone, burn calories and improve physical, mental and spiritual health while encouraging and inspiring women in an often overlooked age group to relive positive childhood memories and create new ones!
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Watch Today’s Film: THE ORIGINAL Richard McMahan short film, 21min., USA, Documentary
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The multi-talented outsider artist Richard McMahan is on a quest to painstakingly re-create thousands of famous and not-so-famous paintings and artifacts– in miniature. From well-loved Picasso and Frida Kahlo paintings to more obscure intricate Maori canoes, McMahan has mastered dozens of genres over 30 years of creating, and he’s made most of it on a cluttered kitchen counter using recycled materials. McMahan is also the curator of a mini-museum with a collection that surveys the scope of humanity’s visual record. Olympia Stone directs this surprising portrait of a most unusual artist.
Directed by Olympia Stone
Cast: Richard McMahan
Music: Lullatone
Cinematography: Simone Telles Keith
https://www.facebook.com/floating.stone1
Director Statement
Last fall, I screened Curious Worlds at the Halsey Institute in Charleston, SC…
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