A pair of documentaries with downstate Illinois ties, WHITE HEAT/BLACK ASHES and WHERE ARE YOU, JAY BENNETT?, are close to completion. If interested and able, why not nudge them along?
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It has been a long while since a feature-length project has emerged from the WILL-TV studios in Urbana, so we welcome ILLINOIS COUNTRY with open arms. It airs tonight, March 6, 2020, at 7:30 p.m.
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The Workshop Films Collective, a newer group devoted to developing technical skills and honing storytelling concepts, is led by John Isberg and gathers weekly at Shatterglass Studios in Champaign, IL.
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Diversity is key to experiencing this wide world through film. Witness it through our previews of SEEDS, UNDERGROUND SOUND, THE ART OF SITTING QUIETLY AND DOING NOTHING, and – yes – TURKISH STAR WARS!
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It is our sworn duty to trot out the evidence of independent filmmaking in Champaign-Urbana when the opportunity arises. The Suede Chain finally got back together, so therefore we discuss their DREAM WHEEL CIRCUS.
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From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Underwerewolves, The Fights, Emily Blue, and a cornucopia of Champaign-Urbana bands provide the soundtracks for today’s gallery of music videos.
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Colleagues are paying tribute this weekend to New Orleans, LA, resident Trevor Alan Taylor, a multimedia artist and promoter as well as former Champaign resident, who passed away this summer at age 34.
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From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Motes, We the Animals, and Elsinore provide the soundtracks for today’s gallery of music videos produced by John Isberg of Swede Films in Urbana.
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Sunday, October 4, 2015 will be remembered as the triumphant day the New Art Film Festival played the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, IL, in the fall season for the first time. Remember!
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It’s an action-packed program of local filmmaking that will impress the packed house at the Art Theater Co-op this Sunday, October 4, 2015, during the sixth annual New Art Film Festival!
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