Arcadia Public Library

In a loveless marriage, Penny finds solace in the hypnotic escape of the home shopping channel. When things take an unexpected turn with her husband, the channel proves to be her saving grace, or was it the origin of the problem all along?

Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time. Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films. Stan Brakhage called Maya Deren “the mother of us all.” The history of avant-garde film is unthinkable without her.

This 30-minute program presents five short films showcasing the incredible range of comedy, emotion, and sense of wonder possible using 3D animation – the most innovative and successful digital medium on the planet.

Alex struggles to find her voice at a competitive dance conservatory. When she meets a confident young Deaf drummer he stirs up old conflicted childhood feelings about growing up hearing in a Deaf family. Enjoying their easy camaraderie, she allows the drummer to believe she is Deaf as well. When her secret is revealed, Alex will have to own who she is in life, as well as in dance. Can she figure out a way to live in two different worlds?

‘OUR NECK OF THE WOODS’ explores the world of Bob Underwood, a disenchanted line foreman at Pilgrimtown’s Mold-O-Form factory. Day after day, he produces plastic lawn-ornament deer, secretly longing for more out of life. But his family obligations and inability to assert himself keep him in the same position year after year. One day Elsa, a Georgian refugee, is relocated to work at the factory. Enchanted by her quiet thoughtfulness and haunting...

It is spring time. High up in its tree, the little bird looks after the first flowers on the maple tree in front of its door. But not only the friendly bees show an intrest. Behind the trees the fiery red fox is already waiting for his chance – and thus an adventurous journey begins.

In an isolated village, a little girl befriends a pack of coyotes. The villagers brutally end this relationship without suspecting the uprising that awaits them.... Intended to be a silent film without captions.

Written by Atlanta's bestselling author, playwright, and Civil Rights Activist, Pearl Cleage (Blues for An Alabama Sky, In My Granny's Garden, Tell Me My Dream) this original animated short celebrates the power of youth to change history. We meet three friends as they learn about the sit-ins of the Civil Rights era, and powerfully apply those lessons to issues they – and we all – face today. The play invites students, parents, teachers, and families...

One of the most innovative and engaging advertising films of the last decade, Honda "Paper" is a joy to watch.

Summer is coming to an end, the fruit is growing ripe on the trees. Grandpa gives his Grandson a kite. As the boy is tossed around in the air, Grandpa catches him. Then the leaves fall and Grandpa has grown weak. A strong autumn wind carries him off into the cloudy sky. Winter comes, then springtime. A warm breeze brings them together again. Told with enchanting, richly-textured images, this tale is about remembering those who are no longer with us....