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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
1) Oklahoma!
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In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
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In contrast to the high-end 2K digital technology used to restore Manhatta, I learned filmmaking on a 35mm Oxberry beam-splitter, multihead, aerial- image bi-pac optical printer. A dinosaur by today’s standards and all hand operated. Pt. 3 took 26 hours to shoot straight through without one mistake. “Sappho” was Barbara Lattanzi’s dog; and “Jerry” was the Chicago deli owner made famous by Tom Palazollo’s film. - Bruce Posner (director)....
3) Stone Pillow
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In an effort to understand the plight of homeless women living on the streets, young social worker, Carrie Lange (Daphne Zuniga) attempts befriending a homeless woman named Florabelle (Lucille Ball). Florabelle believes Carrie is runaway and tells her to go to the homeless shelter for help. Carrie stops another woman from stealing Florabelle's cart and gains her dubious trust. So begins Carrie's education in survival on the streets of Manhattan.
5) One Chance
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The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- Britain's Got Talent (2007).
6) Humor Me
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With an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is forced to move into his father's retirement community. But a chance encounter with the local community theatre group may help turn his life around … or signal the end of his once promising career for good.
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A laugh out loud comedy about an ex-convict, Just released from prison and placed on probation, Tijuana Jackson (Romany Malco) sets out to fulfill his dream of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker, but fails to comply with strict orders from his no-nonsense probation officer (Regina Hall). And with his sister Sharea (Tami Roman) needing TJ to be a better role model for her son Lil' Eric (Alkoya Brunson), his mother (lyne Odums) needing him...
8) Ben is Back
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19 year-old Ben Burns (Lucas Hedges) unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly (Julia Roberts), is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe
10) Summertime
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Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver- they all weave in and out of eachother's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.
11) Incarnate
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After a single-mother witnesses a demonic possession in her 11-year-old son, a scientist attempts to rid him of the evil spirit. Driven by his own tragic past, he enters the boy’s unconscious mind where he confronts a ferocious demon.
12) Landing Up
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When a young woman finds herself living on the streets, she learns the art of manipulating strangers to put a roof over her head. But when she meets the guy of her dreams, her secret threatens to ruin their perfect relationship. Nominated for Best Showcase Feature Film at the **SoHo International Film Festival**. "*Stacey Maltin gives a performance of unself-conscious grit in a dark NY fairy tale*" - Alison Bailes, ***WOR radio***
14) American Folk
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Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival**. *"David Heinz's excellent debut is an ardent plea for togetherness in a divided world. Aided by his leading actors, talented cinematographer, and ear-worm of a soundtrack, Joni and Elliott's journey is a privilege to share." - Chloe Walker, **Film Inquiry***
15) The Mighty
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Burly, slow-paced eight-grader Maxwell Kane is learning disabled, nevertheless he has a poetic soul, as evidenced when he meets the bright and brainy Kevin Dillon, crippled by a birth defect. Illiterate Max gets Kevin as a reading tutor, and the two misfits soon become friends, sharing a vision of life as a contemporary Camelot.
18) Miss You Already
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Friends since childhood Jess and Milly can't remember a time they didn't share everything - secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, their differences are the glue that binds them together. That is until Milly is hit with the life changing news that she has breast cancer and now needs Jess to be the strong one.
19) Mr. Mom
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Jack and Caroline Butler (Michael Keaton and Teri Garr) are happy with their roles in life...until a layoff makes him a househusband and her a working wife! And while she wrangles with charts, graphs and a frisky boss, he has to contend with their hyper kids, a ravenous vacuum cleaner and an oversexed neighbor! But the biggest challenge for both Jack and Caroline is learning to trust one another with their reversed roles...which they’d better do...
20) The Reader
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In post-WWII Germany, teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom....
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