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Aaron Yonda & Matt Sloan - Chad Vader
Life is hard for Chad Vader, the younger and less charismatic brother of Darth Vader, who is the day-shift manager of a grocery store named Empire Market. The story presents Chad's clash with customers and other employees while incorporating dialogue and concepts from ?Star Wars.?
First aired: April 29, 2010
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Steve Burrows - Chump Change
"Chump Change" traces the rise, fall, rise, fall and rise of Milwaukee Steven whose descent into the nightmare of Los Angeles sends him fleeing back to his native Wisconsin. It is a film about life, love and laughter, hope, dreams and redemption; but mostly it's a film about fame, fortune, cheese and beer.
First aired: April 22, 2010
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Meg Hamel - Film Festival Edition
The 11th-annual Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF) is the state?s premier film festival. WFF Director Meg Hamel joins us for an hourlong special to discuss this year's festival and preview clips from some of the films featured. Plus Bob Trondson shows viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the WFF.
First aired: April 07, 2010
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Troy and Frances Perkins
Husband and wife Troy and Frances Perkins are UW professors who moonlight as a successful directing-producing team. They discuss their short films "Tractor for Sale," "Brothers," and "Test Day" and their passion for independent filmmaking.
First aired: September 14, 2009
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Matt Sienkiewicz
"Live: From Bethlehem" chronicles the struggles, failures and triumphs of the Ma'an News Network, the only major independent news source in the Palestinian Territories. The film focuses more on people than politics and the freedom of expression in the evolving Palestinian mediascape.
First aired: September 12, 2009
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Ben Wydeven and Doug Gordon
"The Medium" is a short suspense film where a medium tries to discover the hidden secrets in an old rundown movie theatre. "The Zombeatles: All You Need Is Brains" is a mockumentary that recasts the story of The Beatles in an undead world.
First aired: August 15, 2009
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Frank X. Sommers & Frank Caruso
"Going Great White" is a well-crafted satire of the American Dream, skewering everything from homeschooling to fitness programs along the way. "Going Great White" is a zany journey into the desperate world of pyramid sales schemes. It's "Best In Show" meets Amway.
First aired: August 10, 2009
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Steve Levin
"Jerabek" is an intimate portrait of one family that confronts the tragedy of war.
First aired: July 25, 2009
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Cathy C. Cook
"Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker" is a portrait of a poet and experimental writer Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970).
First aired: July 18, 2009
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Eric J. Nelson
"Fishin' For Tradition: A Lutefisk Saga" The joy of lutefisk, the Norwegian cod treat preserved with caustic soda, is captured here, through interviews with dozens of diners at Sons of Norway lodges, church suppers, and other gatherings.
First aired: June 27, 2009
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