{"id":2227,"date":"2010-10-15T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:55:34","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-10-15-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 10.15.2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d appears every Thursday\/Friday on <\/em><strong>C-U Blogfidential <\/strong><em>to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near <\/em><strong>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<\/strong><em>. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MFHQ &amp; YOU:<br \/>\nAll in All, It\u2019s Not Just Another Pic on the Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If we\u2019ve realized one thing since last week\u2019s <strong>CUBiz<\/strong>, it\u2019s that we should be grateful to possess the type of clutter that we have here at the <strong>Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong>. Maybe most important, as our peripheral vision takes in the environs once again, are the artifacts which inform the historic backbone behind all things <strong>C-U Confidential<\/strong>. An 8mm <strong>Sears <\/strong>movie camera from the Sixties and 8mm <strong>Bell &amp; Howell<\/strong> projector from the Forties sit just inside the front door, cast-offs from area residents that became presents to your humble editor. One shelf in the library is packed with videos containing material that have been referenced on <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> along with other material that we have yet to discuss. In the heart of <strong>MFHQ<\/strong>, posters and fliers for several near-forgotten events don the walls. The one grabbing our attention lately due to the dates \u2013 October 27-November 2, 2000 \u2013 is the mannequin graphic by the Incredible <strong>Teddy Veatch<\/strong> used to promote the final <strong>Freaky Film Festival<\/strong> from 10 fall seasons ago. Open closet doors reveal shelves filled with miscellanea; we can see many envelopes filled with unseen photos from local film shoots. We also know intuitively that relevant ephemera can be found wedged between this, that, and the other in nearly every square foot that isn\u2019t mere floor space. Still, we could stand to have that \u201c<strong>MFHQ <\/strong>Material Archivist\u201d storm the castle and whip everything into shape, although s\/he probably would give pause when facing the one corner packed solid with cartons of unsold and undistributed <strong>MICRO-FILM<\/strong> and <strong>CUZine<\/strong>. We love \u2018em, otherwise we wouldn\u2019t have done \u2018em, but we also desperately need to find homes for \u2018em so we can make some room and pay bills. More soon on that one\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last <strong>Thursday, October 7<\/strong>, <strong>Champaign <\/strong>documentary filmmaker <strong>Jay Rosenstein<\/strong> witnessed a \u201csold out show at the Art, a total zoo\u201d in anticipation of the local public premiere of his new work, <a title=\"THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY @ Jay Rosenstein Productions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jayrosenstein.com\/pages\/lord.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong><\/a>, which also made its local broadcast debut <strong>Tuesday, October 12<\/strong>, on <strong>WILL-TV 12,<\/strong> the <strong>PBS <\/strong>affiliate headquartered at the <strong>University of Illinois<\/strong> which <a title=\"THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY to air on PBS :: WILL-TV 12\" href=\"http:\/\/will.illinois.edu\/pressroom\/item\/mccollum-case-in-new-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">acted as sponsoring station for the production<\/a>. \u201cIt was awesome,\u201d Rosenstein tells <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>about the reception afforded his first major unveiling in several years. \u201cWe had to start the film 30 minutes late because of the huge line of people trying to get in.\u201d The curious get an immediate reprieve when WILL 12 rebroadcasts <strong>TRIAL <\/strong>tonight, <strong>Friday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>, after which Rosenstein and <strong>Dan McCollum<\/strong>, son of the doc\u2019s primary subject, <strong>Vashti McCollum<\/strong>, will take questions live on the air with moderator <strong>David Inge<\/strong> at the WILL studios in <strong>Urbana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cMy initial interest was simply that there was a local case that made it to the <strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>. That in itself is pretty unusual, and the only time that has happened,\u201d says the filmmaker, whose prior long-form films, <strong>IN WHOSE HONOR?<\/strong> and <strong>THE AMASONG CHORUS: SPEAKING OUT<\/strong>, present strong C-U stories about overcoming adversity that also reflect much greater issues in American society. \u201cOnce I learned about the case, I was floored by how incredibly historically significant this case is and virtually no one knows or understands the significance \u2026 this case is the very first time that the Supreme Court forbid a religious activity by a governmental body in this nation\u2019s history. <em>Ever<\/em>.\u201d The oversight will hopefully be righted when PBS offers the program to all its affiliates beginning in March 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Five years in the making, <strong>TRIAL <\/strong>recounts how Vashti McCollum sued the Champaign Board of Education upon discovering that her son <strong>Jim <\/strong>suffered neglect from faculty and harassment by fellow students in his grade school once he elected to not participate in a voluntary Protestant religion class. After losing the decision in the lower courts, McCollum\u2019s case moved up to the United States Supreme Court and she won by an 8-1 vote, setting the stage for establishing separation of church and state in the public schools and, in theory, removing the chance of religious favoritism in a common setting shared by children of many creeds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cDan [McCollum] was basically my liaison to the rest of the McCollum family. Of course, everyone in Champaign-Urbana knows Dan a little bit,\u201d explains Rosenstein about the well-regarded local historian and former Champaign mayor, who also lent one-of-a-kind photos of the trial that have not been seen for decades. \u201cI learned everything about the case and the McCollums during production, because I knew nothing before. So, now I feel like a bit of an expert on the religion clauses of the First Amendment including the court\u2019s history with them \u2026 I think my film explains how the phrase \u2018separation of church and state\u2019 became part of the nation\u2019s laws better than I\u2019ve ever seen it done for a general audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Taking place in the mid-Forties, McCollum\u2019s actions incited \u201cthree years of headlines, headaches, and hatred\u201d during which she weathered broken friendships, death threats, and much more, a sorry state borne from the deeply entrenched religious conservatism of C-U and elsewhere. These experiences are recalled vividly by McCollum herself, interviewed by Rosenstein for <strong>TRIAL<\/strong> shortly before her death in 2006 at age 93. Today, the struggle remains to uphold the neutrality she fought for, such as with several recent instances across the nation in which school boards have considered or allowed Creationism to be taught alongside evolution \u2013 even if the efforts are short-lived once public scrutiny sets in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAs far as [the decision\u2019s] impact on classrooms today,\u201d offers Rosenstein, \u201cthe best description I can think of is this \u2013 the McCollum case is the first brick in the wall of separation between church and state in public schools. Before McCollum, there was no wall. Since then, many other bricks have been added, but fewer than you might think!\u201d Private schools and home schooling are options which can offer families education which freely intersperses religion of choice, but a major trade-off is that their children will most likely not have nearly as many opportunities in terms of hands-on experience and breadth of curriculum \u2013 let alone learning how to co-exist with and respect other children from different backgrounds and faiths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rosenstein\u2019s long-time distributor, <strong>New Day Films<\/strong>, will <a title=\"THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY @ New Day Films\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newday.com\/films\/thelordisnotontrialheretoday.html\" target=\"_blank\">offer <strong>THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> to educational markets<\/a> although no plan is set for offering individual sales; let Rosenstein know if you\u2019re interested in the latter by writing <strong>jayrosenstein [at] hotmail [dot] com<\/strong>. He also intends to schedule screenings at law schools, <strong>ACLU <\/strong>chapters, and other relevant places in the coming months. To wit, the documentary is narrated by <strong>Illinois <\/strong>native and one-time <strong>Urbana High School<\/strong> student <strong>David Ogden Stiers<\/strong>, most famous for his role of cultured surgeon Major Charles Winchester III on the <strong>M*A*S*H<\/strong> television series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two weeks ago, we mentioned a casting call for the next <strong>Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions<\/strong> project, <strong>ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972<\/strong>. <strong>Chris <\/strong>and <strong>Anne Lukeman<\/strong> posted to the <strong>Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong> Yahoo! Group on Sunday that the search is on for folks to crew this \u201caction\/science-fairy tale,\u201d which begins production at sundown on <strong>Saturday, October 23<\/strong>. Three all-night shoots on October 23-25 will be followed by further shooting the third weekend of November. Available roles include \u201cgrip, production management, production assistant, art department, [and] camera,\u201d according to the Lukemans, whom you can write at <strong>chrislukeman [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> for more information. One can also <a title=\"Kill Vampire Lincoln Productions :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.killvampirelincoln.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">find the scoop about old KVLP business here<\/a> and a new <a title=\"ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972 @ Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1972movie\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook <\/strong>page for 1972 right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Believe it or not, <strong>MICRO-FILM<\/strong> friends <strong>Linda McElroy, Paul Holze<\/strong>, and <strong>Jason Butler<\/strong> have engaged your humble editor in an <a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 10.07.2010 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2214\" target=\"_blank\">actual conversation right here<\/a> on <strong>CUBlog <\/strong>picking up from where last week\u2019s <strong>CUBiz <\/strong>left off. It would be fantastic if at least a small percentage of our dear readers elected to join us and get a taste of what it means to actively converse with your independent local press for independent local film and, more importantly, each other. As for the three wary souls who reacted to the same column \u2013 or was it simply due to the <em>surly <\/em>\u2013 by unsubscribing from our <strong>Mailing List<\/strong>, we wish thee well. That said, we have no interest in encouraging such a trend. You may engage when ready!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PHILANTHROPY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While we love to dote all over <strong>October <\/strong>(and by extension, the autumn) for its eccentric pleasures, this month has also been embraced as a time for numerous movements to place their messages in the public eye as we\u2019ve seen in the past week regarding LGBT rights and acceptance. Another prevalent effort has adopted October as <a title=\"National Breast Cancer Awareness Month :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Breast Cancer Awareness Month<\/strong><\/a>, bringing concentrated information and hope to the general public about resources and scientific advances meant to curb or eventually thwart this often-fatal health issue. Please support organizations that contribute to aid, research, and education such as the <strong>American Cancer Society<\/strong>, which is sponsoring a series of walks as fundraising events. The <a title=\"Champaign-Urbana 10.16.10 :: ACS walk event\" href=\"http:\/\/makingstrides.acsevents.org\/site\/TR?sid=16393&amp;type=fr_informational&amp;pg=informational&amp;fr_id=28098\" target=\"_blank\">Champaign-Urbana edition<\/a> will take place tomorrow, <strong>Saturday, October 16<\/strong>, at <strong>Carle Park<\/strong> in Urbana, while the <a title=\"Springfield 10.16.10 :: ACS walk event\" href=\"http:\/\/makingstrides.acsevents.org\/site\/TR?sid=16393&amp;type=fr_informational&amp;pg=informational&amp;fr_id=28107\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Springfield <\/strong>edition<\/a> will happen the same day at the <strong>Illinois State Fairgrounds<\/strong>. We are reminded because one of our own, filmmaker and breast cancer survivor <strong>Kimberly Conner<\/strong>, is participating in the Springfield walk with <a title=\"Kimberly Conner's team :: ACS walk event\" href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR?team_id=759729&amp;pg=team&amp;fr_id=28107&amp;fl=en_US&amp;et=XdbYvGWxPc2-YT-Q_FWXSg..&amp;s_tafId=541731\" target=\"_blank\">her group, \u201cMary\u2019s Girls,\u201d<\/a> to which you can donate and support. This is clearly important to her as a fighter, survivor, and artist who is willing to talk about human ailments in her work as the protagonist of her short film <strong>THIS LIFE AIN\u2019T PRETTY<\/strong> must come to terms with contracting <strong>AIDS<\/strong>. If it\u2019s important to you as well, consider contacting your nearest local organizer and signing up. Walk the walk!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We at <strong>MFHQ <\/strong>are big supporters of media preservation. Therefore, we encourage you to embrace the amateur and the ephemeral by attending the local edition of <strong>Home Movie Day 8<\/strong> this <strong>Saturday, October 16<\/strong>, starting at <strong>1 p.m.<\/strong> in the <strong>Lewis Auditorium<\/strong> of the <strong><a title=\"Urbana Free Library :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanafreelibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urbana Free Library<\/a>, 210 W. Green St., Urbana<\/strong>. You can attend simply to watch your neighbor\u2019s films and rarities from the UIUC archives, or you can also take along your cinematic family heirlooms to have cleaned and then projected on the big screen. Staff from the sponsoring organizations, the <strong>Preservation Working Group at the University of Illinois<\/strong> and the <a title=\"Champaign County Historical Society @ Urbana Free Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanafreelibrary.org\/archives\/affiliations\/champhistsoc.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Champaign County Historical Archives<\/strong><\/a>, will be on hand to answer questions about the best methods you can use to safely store your film reels, analog tapes, and digital media for future generations to enjoy. Kids\u2019 activities and free popcorn will also be provided! For more information about Home Movie Day around the world, <a title=\"Home Movie Day :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homemovieday.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit this Web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MEETINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Keep in mind that on <strong>Tuesday, October 19, 7 p.m., <a title=\"Champaign Movie Makers @ Yahoo! Groups\" href=\"http:\/\/movies.groups.yahoo.com\/group\/champaignmoviemakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Champaign Movie Makers<\/a><\/strong><a title=\"Champaign Movie Makers @ Yahoo! Groups\" href=\"http:\/\/movies.groups.yahoo.com\/group\/champaignmoviemakers\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>will meet at <strong>Class Act Interactive, 114 S. Neil St., Champaign<\/strong>, to afford area filmmakers and talent an opportunity to discuss and join forces in the making of independent cinema in the area. This month\u2019s presentation and additional topics are TBA. Feel free to contact <strong>Johnny Robinson<\/strong> at <strong>johnny [at] johnnyrobinson [dot] com<\/strong> for further information!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WILL-TV Channel 12 production crew member <strong>David Noreen<\/strong> has been <a title=\"Mid-America Emmy Awards announced :: St. Louis Post-Dispatch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/entertainment\/television\/article_9a660350-d414-11df-bdb3-0017a4a78c22.html\" target=\"_blank\">spreading the good news<\/a> that Jay Rosenstein and <strong>THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> picked up a pair of Midwest Emmys during a ceremony hosted by the <strong>Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong> this past <strong>Saturday, October 9<\/strong>, in <strong>St. Louis<\/strong>. The brand-new production received nods in the \u201cDocumentary: Historical\u201d and \u201cWriter: Program\/Program Feature\u201d categories. As well, once and future C-U filmmaking madman Chris Lukeman played a part in the <strong>SIU-Carbondale<\/strong> based show, <strong>alt.news 26:46<\/strong>, for which producers <strong>John Elder<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin Hill<\/strong> accepted the \u201cMagazine Program\u201d award. We tip our hats to you both!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>MEDIA LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Noreen also shared with the <strong>CU-Movies Digest<\/strong> group <a title=\"Kerasotes theater chain goes out with whimper :: Illinois Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoistimes.com\/Springfield\/article-7720-goodbye-kerasotes.html\" target=\"_blank\">this interesting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Illinois Times<\/strong><\/span> article<\/a> by <strong>Scott Faingold<\/strong>, published on <strong>September 9<\/strong>, about the final nails in the coffin of the <strong>Kerasotes <\/strong>theater chain, started in 1909 and based in Springfield until the late Nineties. The <strong>AMC <\/strong>goliath now owns most of their former movie houses although current Kerasotes descendents still independently run three palaces, of which two have been turned into upscale, reserved-seating destinations in <strong>Chicago <\/strong>and <strong>Minneapolis<\/strong>. We also put two-and-two together \u2013 the likes of which can only be mated here at <strong>MFHQ <\/strong>\u2013 when seeing <a title=\"BLOOMINGTON :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomingtonthemovie.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the indie feature <\/a><strong><a title=\"BLOOMINGTON :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomingtonthemovie.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">BLOOMINGTON<\/a> <\/strong>listed in the line-up of the upcoming Chicago gay and lesbian film extravaganza, <a title=\"Reeling 29 :: Official Site\" href=\"http:\/\/reelingfilmfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Reeling 29<\/strong><\/a>. Some of you may have heard rumblings (e.g., call for extras) in the spring of 2009 when director <strong>Fernanda Cardoso<\/strong> and crew shot this teacher-student campus romance in and near <strong>Indianapolis<\/strong>; according to their Web site, no scenes were actually staged in downstate college town <strong>Bloomington, IN<\/strong>, despite the title. <strong>BLOOMINGTON <\/strong>stars <strong>Allison McAtte, Sarah Stouffer, Katherine Ann McGregor, Ray Zupp<\/strong>, and <strong>J. Blakemore<\/strong>, and will show at Reeling on <strong>Sunday, November 7, 9:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PLAYING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Art Theater, Champaign, IL: <strong>THE EXTRA MAN<\/strong> (10\/15 on), <strong>DRAG ME TO HELL<\/strong> (10\/15, 10\/16, 10\/21, 10 p.m.), <strong>WINTER\u2019S BONE<\/strong> (10\/16-10\/17), <strong>LIVING DOWNSTREAM<\/strong> (10\/16, 7 p.m., w\/filmmakers)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Canopy Club, Urbana, IL: Pizza + Pitcher and Movie \u2013 <strong>KNOCKED UP, OLD SCHOOL, BR\u00dcNO<\/strong> (10\/17, 6 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ WILL-TV 12, Urbana, IL: <strong>THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY<\/strong> broadcast (10\/15, 7:30 p.m., w\/filmmaker discussion)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL: <strong>NEVER LET ME GO, LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, THE TOWN<\/strong> (10\/15 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL: <strong>DIMINISHED CAPACITY<\/strong> (10\/14, 7 p.m.), <strong>OFFICE SPACE<\/strong> (10\/15, 7 p.m.), <strong>PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN: AT WORLD\u2019S END<\/strong> (10\/16, 7 p.m.), <strong>LIVING DOWNSTREAM<\/strong> (10\/17, 1 p.m., w\/filmmakers), <strong>BEING JOHN MALKOVICH<\/strong> (10\/17, 7 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL: <strong>JACKASS 3D<\/strong> (10\/15 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL: <strong>LIVING DOWNSTREAM<\/strong> (10\/17, 7 p.m., w\/filmmakers)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ That\u2019s Rentertainment, Champaign, IL: <strong>JONAH HEX, I AM LOVE, LEAVES OF GRASS<\/strong>, more (10\/12 on), <strong>HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON<\/strong> (10\/15 on)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@ AMC Castleton Square\/AMC Showplace\/Indianapolis Museum of Art, etc., Indianapolis, IN: <strong>Heartland Film Festival <\/strong>(10\/14-10\/23)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>COMING SOON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/22-10\/23: <strong>THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW<br \/>\n@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, Midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/23: <strong>REVOLTING<br \/>\n@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL, 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10\/29-10\/31: <strong>Freeky Creek Short Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 10\/29:<strong> THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD \u2013 free!<br \/>\n@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, 10:30 p.m., hosted by Troy Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 10\/30: <strong>TRICK \u2018R TREAT \u2013 free!<br \/>\n@ The Avon Theater, Decatur, IL, 10:30 p.m., hosted by Troy Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/4-11\/13: Reeling 29: Chicago Gay &amp; Lesbian Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/5-11\/7: Illinois International Film Festival, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 11\/5: <strong>REVOLTING<br \/>\n@ The Viaduct Theater, Chicago, IL, 8 p.m. (@ Illinois Int. Film Festival)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/11: <strong>LEADING LADIES<br \/>\n@ Landmark Century Center Cinema, Chicago, IL, 9:30 p.m. (@ Reeling 29)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/11-11\/13: <strong>Embarras Valley Film Festival<br \/>\n@ EIU campus\/Will Rogers Theater\/Charleston Public Library, Charleston, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/11-11\/21: St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/19-11\/21: Dark Carnival Film Festival, Bloomington, IN<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11\/20: <strong>LEADING LADIES<br \/>\n@ TBA (@ St. Louis International Film Festival)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2\/18-2\/27, 2011: <strong>Big Muddy Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">3\/22-3\/27, 2011: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">3\/30-4\/1, 2011: Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">4\/27-5\/1, 2011: <strong>Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<br \/>\n@ Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary\/Film Series<br \/>\n@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n11\/2: UNMISTAKEN CHILD; 12\/7: BURMA VJ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Global Lens 2010: International Films<br \/>\n@ Main Lounge, Allen Hall\/Unit One, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n10\/27: MASQUERADES, Algeria; 11\/3: MY TEHRAN FOR SALE, Iran; 11\/10: OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, India; 11\/17: ORDINARY PEOPLE, Serbia; 12\/1: THE SHAFT, China; 12\/8: SHIRLEY ADAMS, South Africa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Global Lens 2010: International Films<br \/>\n@ Latzer Hall, University YMCA, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n10\/14: GODS, Peru; 10\/21: LEO\u2019S ROOM, Uruguay; 10\/28: MASQUERADES, Algeria; 11\/4: MY TEHRAN FOR SALE, Iran; 11\/11: OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, India; 11\/18: ORDINARY PEOPLE, Serbia; 12\/2: THE SHAFT, China; 12\/9: SHIRLEY ADAMS, South Africa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>IPRH Film Series<br \/>\n@ Room 62, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n10\/28: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968); 11\/11: THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING; More TBA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Israeli Movie Club<br \/>\n@ The Cohen Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n10\/18: VITZHAK RABIN; 10\/25: LEMON TREE; 11\/1: THE SECRETS; 11\/8: HALFON HILL DOESN\u2019T ANSWER; 11\/29: OR (MY TREASURE)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3em; text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>OUTRO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Splitting time this week drafting <strong>CUBiz <\/strong>between <strong>MFHQ <\/strong>and <strong>Caf\u00e9 Kopi<\/strong>, your humble editor is currently taking up counter space at the latter and can easily see the extended fa\u00e7ade of the <strong>Esquire Lounge<\/strong> which has only been in place for the past few years. Before that, what is now the north half of the venerable watering hole had been a long-dormant photography business called <strong>Gleismann Studios<\/strong>. With Gleismann  and his clientele both long gone, the property sat for some time leading up to 2003 when a steward sold the valuable floor space \u2013 and everything in it \u2013 to the Esquire partners. People on the street with the right words or secret handshake were granted access to peruse and purchase whichever goods were listed for sale. One could easily smell the analog in the air as the studio offered a step back in time to what commercial photography \u2013 and, as several of us soon found out, the production of commercials and industrials \u2013 used to be like. Whereas the University of Illinois librarians zeroed in on Gleismann\u2019s body of still photography immediately, they mostly passed over the dozens of 16mm film elements long stored in eerily rusty canisters in the basement. Thanks to <em>w\u00fcnderkind <\/em><strong>Colleen Cook<\/strong>, who stashed many of those reels at home despite their nasty vinegar smell, it seems that the UI archivists have finally taken in some of her rescues for safe keeping. If you\u2019re curious as to what might be captured on those film elements, Gleismann footage will be projected during the Home Movie Day event at the Urbana Free Library on Saturday. Even now, the man is an enigma to us and, once light shines through those celluloid frames again, a new light will hopefully be cast upon the studio that graced Walnut Street in downtown Champaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That\u2019s it for the \u201cbusiness of our scene\u201d this week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in <\/em><strong>CUBiz<\/strong><em>, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to <\/em><strong>cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Compiled by Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 10.07.2010 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2214\" target=\"_self\">Prior \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a> | <a title=\"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 10.21.2010 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=2247\" target=\"_self\">Next \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d no. 12 \u00a9 2010 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of C-U Blogfidential\u2019s all-purpose column, \u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne,\u201d we discuss THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY with Jay Rosenstein, encourage walking, engage in talking, and reveal what movies are now playing\/renting near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,406,68,217,11,12,15,23,10,13],"tags":[499,495,497,78,498,211,496,467,494],"class_list":["post-2227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcast-dates","category-c-u-biz-en-scene","category-champaign-movie-makers","category-column-du-c-u","category-job-opportunities","category-local-meetings","category-media-coverage","category-preservation","category-production-updates","category-public-events","tag-bloomington-film","tag-dan-mccollum","tag-home-movie-day","tag-jay-rosenstein","tag-kerasotes-theaters","tag-kimberly-conner","tag-once-upon-a-time-in-1972","tag-the-lord-is-not-on-trial-here-today","tag-vashti-mccollum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}