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A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration

What is a family? Rosie O'Donnell looks at the many answers to this question in this documentary that features original songs and thoughtful kids musing on love and family. The show provides a less than moving portrait of the remarkable diversity of so called families today, including same-sex parents, mixed-heritage families, and stories of adoption. Animated songs and musical performances by kids and families spice up the festivities along with performances and recordings by artists including Ziggy Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Doris Day, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Frank Sinatra, Rosie O'Donnell and They Might Be Giants.

The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors

A presentation of the late classic actress Nina Foch's courses for filmmakers and actors which she held at USC School of Cinematic Arts since the 1960s.

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The Origin of Creatures

A futuristic vision of a world after a catastrophic disaster. In this dark parable mutated limbs are looking for cooperation, but due to miscommunication this mission is doomed to fail.

The Pit

After Fred Pitts loses his job as a lawn care manager, he meets a fascinating techno-dancing girl and desperately struggles to regain a positive grasp on his negative life.

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The Picture House

The Picture House is a condensed experience of film viewing, a single 360 degree animated shot in Liverpool’s oldest working cinema, where the sound becomes a cacophony of past projections and the aural experience is closer to that of the projectionist than the audience.

The Owls

Four "Owls" (older, wiser lesbians) who are living in the faded aftermath of their glory days as a once-famous rock group, are all implicated in a crime.

The Pistol

Short found footage + super8 film by Danilo Torre.

The Portal

Investigators pursuing a bizarre hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange black painting that they discover is a portal to another dimension.

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The Planets: An HD Odyssey

Gustav Holst's score "The Planets" is arguably one of the best-loved classical pieces by a British composer, and one which continues to enjoy considerable exposure today, performed as a live concert, but also within a plethora of well-known films and television productions. In celebration of both music and images, the Houston Symphony has commissioned a high definition visual presentation to accompany the live performance of "The Planets". Produced by celebrated filmmaker Duncan Copp, "The Planets - An HD Odyssey" beautifully marries the latest images returned from planetary spacecraft with Holst's music to provide a mesmerizing spectacle. Disc one contains the film accompanied by a newly recorded soundtrack by the Houston Symphony and the Women of the Houston Symphony Chorus. Disc two contains a behind- the- scenes, making of documentary with an in- depth interview with Music Director Hans Graf and interviews with leading planetary scientists.

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The Plaza

The Plaza is a condensed experience of film viewing, a single 360 degree animated shot in a restored 1930’s Art Deco cinema where the sound becomes a cacophony of past projections and the aural experience is closer to that of the projectionist than the audience.