Virginia Film Festival: Beardo the Movie
Joey Groah of DIGICO Shoot | Post | Design dropped by the filmmaker's lounge to discuss Beardo the Movie, a documentary about the 2009 Beard and Moustache Championships. Groah also…[...]
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WNRN Wake-Up Call: Dropouts in the Public School System
Host Rick Moore talks with Diana Poe (WALK dropout prevention program coordinator (Work Achieved Lasting Knowledge), and Jim Henderson (Charlottesville City Schools Assistant Superintendent) about what the WALK program does…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Erica Arvold on local jobs in the film industry
Erica Arvold is a casting director and the chair of the Charlottesville chapter of the Virginia Production Alliance. She spoke with Sean McCord about filmmaking in this area, and her…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Mark Remes of the Virginia Production Alliance
Mark Remes is the director of the Virginia Production Alliance. He dropped by the filmmaker's lounge at Escafe to talk about the services the organization provides to the state's video…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Andrew Bell introduces Primary
Andrew Bell is the senior historian at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. During this year's festival, he introduced Primary, Robert Drew's documentary about the 1960 Democratic primary in…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: NYU film professor Harry Chotiner
Harry Chotiner is what you might call a friend of the Virginia Film Festival. For six years now, the NYU professor of film criticism has been traveling to Charlottesville to…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Charlottesville filmmaker Meghan Eckman on the Parking Lot Movie
One of the big hits of the documentary circuit this year is the Parking Lot Movie, which was shown at this year's Virginia Film Festival. Director Meghan Eckman dropped by…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Paige O’Hara, the original Belle of “Beauty and the Beast”
The woman who voiced Belle in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast has come to Charlottesville as part of the 2010 Virginia Film Festival. The film is showing at…[...]
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Hawes Spencer of “The Hook” joins Coy to recap the week’s highlights in local news.
Hawes Spencer, founder and editor of The Hook joins Coy to recap the week's highlights in local news. Hawes and Coy chat about the Virginia Film Festival and all things…[...]
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Civil War historian Rick Britton discusses the Battle of Fort Stedman
11.5.10 Rick Britton joins Coy with the countdown of the 25 most important Civil War battles in Virginia. This week Rick recaptures the Battle of Fort Stedman: Lee's last attempt…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Virginia Tech’s Randall Stith on the Apartment, solar panels in Mali
For years, Randall Stith has been coming to Charlottesville to introduce screenings at the Virginia Film Festival. This year, the director of Visual & Broadcast Communications at Virginia Tech was…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival: Producer Mark Johnson brings movie & television show to Charlottesville
Academy Award winning producer Mark Johnson has brought two items to this year's Virginia Film Festival. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a horror film starring Katie Holmes and…[...]
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