[Hum-DIS] FW: [WAIN] PREMIERE OF THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN

[Kerry Smith]

Dear all 

Take a look  

Kerry

-----Original Message-----
From: wain-bounces at lists.curtin.edu.au
[mailto:wain-bounces at lists.curtin.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alison Sutherland
Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2007 9:18 AM
To: wain at lists.curtin.edu.au
Subject: [WAIN] PREMIERE OF THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN

Hi

Courtesy of Doug George, Manager Public Programs at State Library WA.  I
haven't looked at it yet though!

"The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film" is an
Overdue Productions film made in association with Bi-Folkal Productions,
a non-profit organization with 30 years of service to libraries.  To see
a trailer, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kd4fC1bwo. 

Cheers

Alison

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan McFarlane [mailto:mmcfarlane at ala.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2007 3:29 AM
To: campaign at ala.org
Subject: [campaign] ANNUAL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WILL BE THE STARS AT
PREMIERE OF THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN


ANNUAL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WILL BE THE STARS AT PREMIERE OF "THE
HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN"

(CHICAGO) - Librarians, it's your turn on the carpet - not the one in
the boss's office, the red one they roll out for VIPs.

Those attending the American Library Association (ALA) 2007 Annual
Conference June 21-27 in Washington, D.C., are invited to the world
premiere of the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of
librarians.

The showing of "The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through
Film" will be held Friday, June 22, at 8 p.m., Washington Convention
Center Hall D. Doors will open at 7:30, and librarians will be the stars
in a traditional Hollywood-style red-carpet walk. Written and directed
by Ann Seidl, the documentary may hold some surprises even for
librarians. The event is free, but attendees must have a conference or
exhibits badge or be the guest of a person with a badge. Black tie is
optional.

Written and directed by Ann Seidl, the documentary may hold some
surprises even for librarians. Dozens of interviews with real librarians
will be interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and will
serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual
freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues and the
value of reading.

The film also features an interview with author Ray Bradbury, who is
famous for (among other things) his support of libraries. 

This is the first film for Seidl, who holds an MLIS from the University
of Denver and is owner and principal of Information, Managed, a library
consulting business that provides library research and geographic
information systems analysis products to public libraries and systems.
She says it may also be her last.

"I am a librarian, not a filmmaker," Seidl said in an interview in May.
She says she has spent much of the past five years contacting film
professionals, writing and refining the screenplay, screening hundreds
of films with scenes or references to librarians, assembling the film's
advisory board and speaking with library audiences about her project.

"For the last several months I have been working at least 10 to 12 hours
a day" on the film, she said.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York supported the project with grants
in 2005 and 2006, and Seidl says she has also raised $25,000 from
individual librarians - "that's the money I am most proud of."

Seidl plans to enter "The Hollywood Librarian" in film festivals and
possibly to distribute it in one or two commercial settings. But her
real hope is that local librarians themselves will show the film, either
in their libraries or in a rented space. "That way the public gets to
see the film, and the money will go to the local libraries," she says.

The documentary "will increase the public's awareness of the complex and
democratic nature of librarianship in the age of technology," Seidl says
on the film's Website, "and be a step toward librarians redefining
themselves as not only more than a stereotype, but also as a cultural
imperative."

"The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians through Film" is an
Overdue Productions film made in association with Bi-Folkal Productions,
a non-profit organization with 30 years of service to libraries.  To see
a trailer, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kd4fC1bwo. 
 
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Macey L. Morales
Media Relations Manager
American Library Association
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL  60611
312-280-4393

American Libraries Magazine, 1907-2007
Celebrating the First 100 Years


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