If model trains are built for kids, then it’s safe to say Bruce Zaccagnino is an incredibly large child. He’s the mastermind behind Northlandz, the self-proclaimed largest model railroad in the world. And according to filmmaker Andrew Wilcox, it’s one of the most under-appreciated attractions he’s ever seen. So he decided to capture it on…
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Film: The Evolution of Steven Spielberg
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Film: Wednesday, 12:30 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Son of Saul
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Film: The Man & The Sea
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Sunday Animation: The Bird & the Whale – Storm Scene Timelapse
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The Bird & the Whale – Storm Scene Timelapse from Paper Panther on Vimeo. A timelapse showing the oil paint on glass process we’re utilising for Carol Freeman’s The Bird and the Whale. Painted by Caitlyn Rooke using 2D animation by Kenneth Ladekjær View more from The Bird and the Whale @ paperpanther.ie/birdandwhale Via Vimeo.
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Film: Here & Not
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Sunday Film: Macaroni Box Zoo
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Film: The Land of the Sun
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Land of the Sun – NOWNESS from NOWNESS on Vimeo. Niklas Goldbach’s film explores California City – the third largest City in the state of California. One of the world’s biggest failed urban planning projects, in 1965 it was thought that it would grow to rival Los Angeles. 50 years later, it is mainly a…
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Film: When a Town Runs Dry
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Stratford, California, is located in the Central Valley—where years of drought threaten the livelihood of the community. Lack of water in the region has severely decreased crop yields for farmers, meaning fewer jobs in rural communities. In this short documentary by Joris Debeij and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Stratford residents mull over what the decrease in food…
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Film: How Does an Editor Think and Feel?
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Spinning Plates
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Spinning Plates is a 2012 documentary, well worth seeing, about three very different restaurants. (The tagline is “It’s not what you cook. It’s why.”) It’s now available online via Netflix. The hour-and-a-half film shows the ambition and intensity, but also the financial, emotional, and even health concerns as the restaurateurs grown their establishments.
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Film: Before Apple
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Film: Cooperation Among Firefighters Along the Rio Grande
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In Texas, Mexican firefighters are saving the Rio Grande. Known as Los Diablos, or “the devils,” the elite firefighting crew is hired by the National Park Service to fight wildfires and conduct controlled burns along the border. The river provides water to more than 5 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, and sustaining its…