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2003

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	OT [videorecording] : our town / an OT Films production ; in association with Pellington Films ; a documentary by Scott Hamilton Kennedy ; Stress Box, Inc.
Publisher, Date:	[New York] : Film Movement ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by RB Publishing, 2003.
Description:	1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	"Against all odds, the students at Dominguez High School set out to put on the school's first theatrical production in more than 20 years. But what does Thornton Wilder's famous play about life in rural Grover's Corners have to do with Compton, California? [This film] follows the students on their discovery of the power of art and the human spirit" -- Container.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
Series:	Filmmovement ; August 2003. Film Movement series ; August 2003.
Subjects:	Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Our town -- Dramatic production. Dominguez High School (Compton, Calif.) College and school drama, American -- California -- Compton. Theater -- California -- Compton. High school students -- California -- Compton. Teenagers -- California -- Compton. Feature films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Compton (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
Other Author:	Kennedy, Scott Hamilton. OT Films. Pellington Films. Stress Box (Firm) Film Movement (Firm) RB Publishing (Firm)
Other Title:	Our town.
Notes:	Originally produced as a documentary film in 2002. Special features: optional audio commentary (by director Scott Hamilton Kennedy, drama teacher Catherine Borek, & stage manager Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown); biographies (Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Catherine Borek, teacher Karen D. Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, student Jackie Oliver, student Chris Patterson, student Jose Valentin Perez, student Jose "Hoozay" Velasquez, student Gabriela "Gaby" Galindo, student Archy Posada, student Armia Robinson); additional footage; theatrical trailer. Music by Kevin Haskins & Doug DeAngelis; sound design and mix by Danetracks; edited by Chris Figler & Scott Hamilton Kennedy; camera & sound, Scott Hamilton Kennedy. Catherine Borek, Karen Green, teachers and directors of the play; Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown (herself/The Stage Manager); Archie Posada (Himself/George Gibbs); Armia Robinson (Herself/Emily Webb); Jackie Oliver (Herself/Mrs. Soames); Christopher Patterson (Himself/Mr. Webb); Jose Perez (Himself/Simon Stimson). DVD.
Contents:	Ghetto school -- 1 month, 13 days -- Relevance -- Act I : daily life -- 1 month -- Act II : love and marriage -- 2 weeks -- Act III : death -- 1 week -- 3 days -- 24 hours -- Opening night.
ISBN:	1402564627 9781402564628
Publisher Number:	DV008
Other Number:	52952686
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	297352
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD 812 OT
Medium:	[videorecording]

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