Hollywood Librarian

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From: Dave Shannon (dshannon@wilytech.com)
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 14:54:10 PST 

Subject: Hollywood Librarian
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:54:10 -0800
Message-ID: <DD82DE4DDD758747A5C37D139B712A630259DEA2@MAIL1.wilytech.com>
From: "Dave Shannon" <dshannon@wilytech.com>

I just noticed this... perhaps everyone else is aware, but check out
http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/

From the site:

The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society, now in
production, will be the first full-length film to focus on the work and
lives of librarians in the entertaining and appealing context of
American movies. American film contains hundreds of examples of
librarians and libraries on screen -- some positive, some negative, some
laughable and some dead wrong. Films such as Sophie's Choice,
Philadelphia and It's a Wonderful Life show librarians as negative
stereotypes. The librarians in Lorenzo's Oil, Desk Set and The Shawshank
Redemption, on the other hand, are competent and professional. Dozens of
interviews of real librarians will be interwoven with movie clips of
cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of
censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity
and funding issues, and the value of reading.

Dave

Dave Shannon
Program Manager
Wily Technology
415 562-2004

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