From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V1 #895 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Friday, November 15 2002 Volume 01 : Number 895 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:55:23 -0700 From: "ROY SCHMIDT" Subject: [AML] Pleasant Grove Book Festival The Pleasant Grove (Utah) City Library Board of Trustees is proud to present the Second Annual Library Book Festival, to be held at the Pleasant Grove Junior High School (810 N 100 East) on Friday November 22, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. Authors in attendance will include: Chris Heimerdinger, Rachel Ann Nunes, N.C. Allen, B.J. Rowley, Rainbow Abegg, Jeffrey Savage, Julie Warnick, Annette Lyon, Betty Briggs, Lee Nelson, Marilyn Arnold, Chad Daybell, James Michael Pratt, Dorothy Keddington, Janeal Meacham, Tristi Pinkston, Craig Smith, Chris Creek, Norma Mitchell, Steve Terry and Jill Anderson, Cheryl Carson, Colleen Harrison, and musicians Marshall McDonald and Rob Honey. Publishers represented include: Covenant Communications, Cedar Fort, Granite Publishing, RoseHaven Publishing, Miles Ahead Publishing, and Sunrise Publications among others. The ReadLeaf and Timp Bookstores will also have booths. In addition to the above there will be a used book sale. Refreshments, door prizes too. It will be a great opportunity to get some early Christmas shopping done. All profits will go towards a new Pleasant Grove Library. I hope to see you there. Roy Schmidt Pleasant Grove Library Board Member ( and door greeter at the festival) - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:37:51 +0000 From: "Andrew Hall" Subject: [AML] Deseret Book Banning Petition After getting over the humor of seeing an Evans book banned at Deseret Book (the store), this Tribune article gave me a terrible chill. They plan to go through their entire catalog and remove any works could possibly offend anyone. What books of any worth will be left? I don't know what would have disturbed me more, saying that it was a moral decision or a buisness decision. Sure, Deseret Book is a buisness, but it is also a cultural institution, which becuase of its connection to the Church acts as a kind of indicator of what is acceptable in intermountain Mormon society among those who, well, don't know any better. I think it is completely appropriate for them to draw a line somewhere, but for them to take such a narrow definition of what is acceptable is very chilling indeed. So, if it is just a buisness decision, perhaps more input will sway them another way. Maybe we can put this list to some use beyond just our (enjoyable) gabbing. What do you think of a mass (as much mass as we are) petition? Unless there is any opposition, and if the AML board is amenable, could we do it under the AML or AML-List banner? I mean, we are the only organized group of Mormon literature readers of significant size that I know of, I think we probably represent a cross-section of the Desret Book buying public. Our united voices should count for something. Of course I would like to see a more detailed statement from Deseret Book about what their new guidelines entail. I believe there are people on the list that have connections with the company, can you find anything out for us? Here is the Tribune article url: http://www.sltrib.com/11142002/utah/16358.htm Who is willing to stand up against encroaching cultural blandness? What do you say? Andrew Hall Fukuoka, Japan _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:30:22 -0600 From: "Kumiko" Subject: [AML] Movie Currently Filming: _Latter Days_ Latter Days directorial debut of "Sweet Home Alabama" screenwriter C. Jay Cox: GLBT party boy/waiter (Wesley Ramsey of "Guiding Light") makes a bet he can seduce an LDS missionary (Steve Sandvoss), but falls in love with him; Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Treasure Planet") plays the pivotal role of Ryder, the missionary companion who discovers the romance; November 2002 filming in Los Angeles; 2003 release Kirkland Tibbels is producing the movie through his production company, Funny Boy Films. "Newly formed Funny Boy Films was launched by FilmNext President Kirkland Tibbels to independently develop, produce, and finance gay and lesbian films, and to serve as a de facto studio, through its association with TLA Releasing, to support the work of gay and lesbian filmmakers." Complete article is here: href=http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---14343,00.html - - Preston Hunter - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:23:01 -0600 From: Linda Adams Subject: RE: [AML] Y'All Need to Get Out More Well, by now I'm tired and stumped. I can't keep up going back and forth much longer, so I'll just accept that I was wrong. I'm glad to hear it's not the way I perceived it. It still doesn't explain away my personal experience, but as Eric Samuelsen is fond of saying, I can only relate "this is how things look from where I'm standing." I didn't mean to enter into a verbal debate or overly irritate people. Thanks for correcting me, all of you. It's good to know things have changed in the last two years. The events I mentioned in my post were 3-7 years ago. I stand by my Salt Lick analogy though. Salt should be spread out to do the most good, not packed into one small area. Maybe the problem lies in that, the high concentration. Although I do feel a definite synergy when in the presence of many members (like an Area Conference, etc.); it's very cool. As for climate, I like the desert. If I had *my* druthers I'd live in Arizona. But I feel just as trapped in Missouri, climate-wise. Plus there are no mountains here. It was wonderful just to SEE mountains again--if only for three days. Refreshing. But the people here in Missouri are truly wonderful too. >>> I *like* the people here and that is my point. I hate the climate. I hate deserts. I want to go back to Washington state because I like rain and green things.<<< >First, I found fliers from Christian fundamentalist denominations actively >recruiting their members to move here to "Christianize" us. This >shouldn't be a big surprise because it is only natural that those >motivated by a hatred of something will turn their efforts to the largest >concentration of it they can find. You see the >same thing in Israel as well. > Utah has enough of a population of bitter excommunicants to make their > voices heard in ways not possible in other places. Both very good points I had not considered. > >>Mormons who ward off their children from playing at non-members' houses. > > >And that *doesn't* *happen*. Not in my ward, or in my area. No, I do *know* it's happened, from personal reports. There is probably good reason President Hinckley has addressed this type of inclusive behavior in recent conference sessions. If the people are repenting, then that is excellent news. I'm glad to hear it. >Getting out more isn't going to help if you keep the blinders up. True also. Truce? Linda ================ Linda Adams adamszoo@sprintmail.com http://home.sprintmail.com/~adamszoo/linda - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 10:46:49 -0700 From: "Paris Anderson" Subject: Re: [AML] New Age Mormons? Jana wrote: I feel indebted to Olga for inspiring my own yoga practice--I've studied for several years, under different teachers. I'm still a novice, and I somtimes struggle with the postures because of my physical disability, but it's still a great blessing in my life. When I first learned that I could make a difference in my own health I was studying healing among various American Indian tribes and Shamanism (which also has strong elements in common with Mormonism. Shamanism has as a central belief that a man on earth can help fix things in Heaven, and a man in Heaven can help fix things on earth. The Church spends a lot of money and the members spend a lot of time fixing things in Heaven. Unfortunately, we don't accept much help from Heaven.) Anyway, I bought every book I could on subjects ranging from Chinese herbalism to esoteric anatomy and yoga. They all helped, but I was getting discouraged and worn out. One night I had a dream about Winston Churchill. He pointed a finger at me and said, "Never give in. Never, never, never give in." Of course, I was flattered. Imagine a dream of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century bothering with poor little old one-eyed me. So I carried on, but got discouraged again. This time I prayed and asked what would be the final step in my healing. I was told T'ai Ch'i. About a year later I ran across the book T'ai Ch'i Classics by Waysun Liao. I knew it was put there for me. I bought it, took home and read the first three chapters and said "What the hell?" I don't think I pick up the book again for another year or two. When I did I started with the form. I only managered one or two movements, but wow. It's was like the second coming. I could only do one or two movements, because my sense of balance was so bad. I knew I'd found something powerful and good, but I couldn't do it. So I gave it up. A few months later I ran into a book on Ch'i Gung--two of them. I bought them. They were amazing, and I now realized they were picked out specifically for me. They were the very most basic forms. I think they were designed for one-legged whalers. The only motion in them was up and down--easy on the balance. I worked very hard on those forms for a long time. The greatest benefit to me was that it pasified my emotions. When I started massage school I was taught T'ai Ch'i again. This time I was taught in the traditional Chinese method. It was very hard, but I learned how to learn. As soon as that course was over I went back to the Form taught in "T'ai Ch'i Classics." A while back I had reconstructive surgery done on my jaw. Afterward I started doing Ch'i Gung again to recover. I returned T'ai Ch'i soon though. I don't know how long ago, but I was talking to someone on the list and I recomended a book on Ch'i Gung. I thought maybe I ought to do that again. And I added another style of Ch'i Gung. It's called Wuji Hundun Qigong. It really amazing. This may sound crazy, but my disabilities are disappearing. With all the stuff I did before, my disabilities were softened. Now they're disappearing. It's painful at times, but wow. I've been very disappointed in the Church over the last year, because there never are results. With Ch'i Gung the results are dramatic. That's hard for me to understand, because I know the Church is true and it is the Kingdom of God. So what gives? Does that mean you might find answers in the Church, but if you need results--go somewhere else? That's what experience teaches me. Paris Anderson - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:48:20 -0700 From: Christopher Bigelow Subject: [AML] Deseret Book says no to LDS author Deseret Book says no to LDS author Evans 'puzzled' by refusal to carry 'The Last Promise' By Dennis Lythgoe Deseret News book editor Richard Paul Evans of "Christmas Box" fame has a new book on the shelves - but not the shelves of Deseret Book. Evans, the ad-executive-turned-novelist, said he is "puzzled" by Deseret Book's refusal to stock "The Last Promise," which was just published by Dutton in New York. "It happened in an awkward sort of way," Evans said during an impromptu interview Wednesday at Borders in the Crossroads Plaza, where his first book signing had been moved. "Every year I do my first book signing at Deseret Book. So, I called my staff and they said, 'Deseret Book is not going to do the first signing with you. In fact, they're not even going to sell your book.' "I just started laughing, because I have a lot of friends at Deseret Book. Then I realized none of my staff was laughing." Evans said he knows his new book is not another "Christmas Box." "It's not a warm, fuzzy, 'Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul' kind of book. It's a sophisticated, adult story about a woman caught in an abusive marriage. To me the message is as important as anything. We need to understand that we need to take care of each other. We all need love - and if we're deprived of it, eventually we're gonna find it. So, I wanted to write about that." According to Sheri Dew, president of Deseret Book, it was simply a business decision. "We love Richard Paul Evans and have sold 100,000 copies of his various books, and we anticipate selling tons more. But we commissioned a study by the Wirthlin Worldwide Organization, and they told us that a Deseret Book customer does not like to buy a book from us that violates their core values. "It reinforced in our minds the fact that our customers have certain expectations of us. In the last four months, we developed a more clearly defined set of buying guidelines - what our customers want and what creates a disconnect for them." Unfortunately, Dew said, Evans' new book centers on an adulterous relationship. The new guidelines specifically rule out "excessive profanity, heavy violence and immorality." Dew conceded that making this decision means "systematically reviewing" titles the store has previously offered. "We love Richard, but in this book, adultery is implied - and the bigger issue is a married woman having a physical relationship and falling in love with a man she is not married to." "Adultery is a pernicious evil," Evans said. "But there is no adultery in this book. I didn't write something that condones adultery. A man stays with a woman through the night on the banks of the Arno River. To me, it was a compassionate, tender thing he is doing to a woman who has been emotionally abused for seven years." The passage he referred to is in chapter 31: "Dawn comes early to Florence. It was only five o'clock, and the curtain of morning rose across the city and exposed the two of them, still together on the bank of the golden Arno, Eliana lying against Ross's chest, encircled in his arms. They had talked most of the night. . . . " Evans added that he suspects the flap will actually help the sales of his book. "Now everyone wants to read the book and see what is so controversial. None of the Deseret Book people I talked to had read the book. I said, 'Well, who read it?' "I told my 14-year-old and she said, 'Dad, this isn't what your book's about - did they get the wrong book?' " Evans remains proud of his book. "What is really telling is that not a single one of the LDS booksellers - and there are hundreds of them - has batted an eye. They've upped their orders. "They've been saying, 'Thank goodness! Deseret Book doesn't have it. Now we can make some money on it.'" - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:35:11 -0500 From: Justin Halverson Subject: [AML] Book of Mormon in Film I was thinking about my earlier post in which I raised some questions about whether making the Book of Mormon into a film was a good thing, and I realized some assumptions on my part that might change my outlook. My objections were centered around two main issues: 1) whether translation to a primarily visual medium was a good thing in terms of certain texts 2) whether submitting the Book of Mormon, a sacred text, to the conventions and pressures--especially economic--of the industry of cinema was a good thing. I'm pretty sure my answer to the second is still a resounding no. That is, I think the requirement that a film make money colors the way in which the film is produced on all levels. We've already extensively discussed the issue of actors' unions, but little attention has been paid to how the need to get people in seats affects how the script will be written. You writers out there let me know--is there a significant risk that elements with a high action quotient will displace the more subtle yet certainly equally (if not more) significant elements in the text? (Is making this distinction even possible? Is there anything universally "less significant" in the Book of Mormon?) The first question, though, is more complicated, and I think my previous post definitely demonstrated a privileging of written texts over visual art. This is a very old debate, and I'm not up to date on it. I wonder, however, whether as Mormons our doctrinal or cultural policies support such a privileging? We do respect the scriptures (literally, of course, the writings), and I've heard it said in meetings that a prophet said we'd be judged in part on how we treated the actual physical copies of the scriptures (anyone else hear this?), but we are not as exclusively "people of the book" as, for example, Muslims, as is evidenced in that we seem to feel okay about translating the Book of Mormon into different languages other than English, and should, since English was not its original language anyway. So why should it bother me if someone wants to translate it into film (or music, or sculpture, or whatever)? Any such translation would require the guidance and inspiration of the Spirit, but why should a writer expect more attention from the Spirit than a director (or a composer, or a sculptor...)? There's much more to say, but I'll leave it at this for now. Justin Halverson - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:48:07 EST From: Jvkwriter@aol.com Subject: Re: [AML] BYU Professor Problems To Margaret and all... I can tell you from the point of view of a former Relief Society President and former wife of a Bishop and mother of 10 children, I have spent countless hours with women who were desperately grasping for something to give their less than perfect lives hope. The LDS books and other media have so catered to the Mormon fairytale genre that many women have lost hope, because their lives will never fit the standard story line. I believe the trend is moving to a more realistic approach in the portrayal of life. I still believe in the happy ending or maybe should I say and ending of "found peace." I think our culture, more than any other, should offer hope to the hopeless. I also think there are few families that fit the perfect stereotype. I believe the day is here to address some difficult issues realistically and show how, even though some situations may never be perfectly resolved, they can be worked through. With the knowledge of the blessings of the atonement (however that issues is addressed) the main character or conflict can achieve peace, joy, closure, some kind of happy ending solution, so that the struggling people out there can find courage to keep trying. I only hope the LDS book publishers are willing to take the chance. Janie Van Komen - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:41:57 -0800 From: "Travis K. Manning" Subject: [AML] Re: First U.S. Feature Film Preston Hunter wrote: Interestingly enough, the subject matter of any film about the > Book of Mormon presents a slight semantic problem to anybody who uses the > term "LDS-themed feature film." The Book of Mormon actually has no > Latter-day Saints in it. It has no Mormons, either. And there are no known > characters named "Mormon" until the very end... certainly none in 1st and > 2nd Nephi, which would be the source of the first such films in a projected > series. So, technically, such a project might have to categorized as a > "Jewish-themed feature film," in which case we would have to classify it > with "Fiddler on the Roof", "The Ten Commandments" and "Blazing Saddles", > rather than with "God's Army" and "The Singles Ward." Very witty indeed! What an interesting idear, Preston: the Book of Mormon as Jewish-themed feature film. . . . I like how that sounds. I'm even more interested in seeing what Jews think about that idear. "If I were a Nephite . . . !" Travis Manning - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:00:37 -0700 From: "D. Michael Martindale" Subject: Re: [AML] BYU Professor Problems margaret young wrote: > > Are we raising a generation of students whose faith can't manage the > realities the best writing must confront? > is the fact that we're producing > so many "easy" movies (etc.) where sentimentality is substituted for > earned emotion an indication that we're somehow failing to TRULY prepare > our people for the requirements of this time? My answer to these questions is absolutely, positively YES!!!!! Not only a generation of students, but a whole churchful of people. - -- D. Michael Martindale dmichael@wwno.com ================================== Check out Worldsmiths, the new online LDS writers group, at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths Sponsored by Worlds Without Number http://www.wwno.com ================================== - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:12:31 -0700 From: "D. Michael Martindale" Subject: Re: [AML] Artists Group (SLDSA) Kumiko wrote: > > Thayne Wheeler has requested that we pass along along the following message: > > The Society of Latter-Day Saint Artists (SLDSA) is an > organization [under development] that strives to unite > LDS artists of all fields of art into one body. Our > main purpose is to encourage artistic creations that > live up to our theology. What in the world could that mean? - -- D. Michael Martindale dmichael@wwno.com ================================== Check out Worldsmiths, the new online LDS writers group, at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths Sponsored by Worlds Without Number http://www.wwno.com ================================== - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:23:11 -0700 From: "D. Michael Martindale" Subject: Re: [AML] Book of Mormon Movie in Film [MOD: This is a reply to Justin's earlier post.] Justin Halverson wrote: > I think ultimately it's a question of translation and of responsibility: > are we ready to translate this book? Even if we are ready, should we? Our > readings of the Book of Mormon will be unavoidably altered (not necessarily > in a bad way, but certainly in a limiting one) by what ends up appearing on > the screen. To wit, consider this: what color were King Noah's clothes? > What does Zeezrom's hairdo look like? How about facial hair? People of my > generation often concur with me that Noah had purple robes, and that > Zeezrom was mostly bald, that Abinadi and Noah had beards (though Abinadi's > was white while Noah's was black) due to the images in the picture books of > the Book of Mormon stories we read as children. I don't get this concern that Justin (and others) are expressing about a Book of Mormon film. These concerns could be said about anything adapted to film. These concerns have already been realized by the Friberg paintings we are used to, as Justin illustrates here. Just like "The William Tell Overture" will forever be linked to "The Lone Ranger," Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" and Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube Waltz" will always be linked to "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Night on Mt. Baldy" will forever evoke Disney fire imps dancing around. And the hapless "Ride of the Valkyrie"? Forever linked to "Apocalypse Now," "Vikings and Beekeepers," and "Kill the Wabbit." This sort of thing happens all the time and is one of the risks of art. We would have to do an enormous amount of art-burning and -censoring to stop it. > Then there's the whole debate about what it takes to get a film sold and > viewed. Are we willing to submit this text to the market of cinema? Why not? Is the world (or the Bible) worse off for all the adaptations of Bible material that have occurred? - -- D. Michael Martindale dmichael@wwno.com ================================== Check out Worldsmiths, the new online LDS writers group, at http://www.wwno.com/worldsmiths Sponsored by Worlds Without Number http://www.wwno.com ================================== - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:50:16 -0600 From: LDS Film Festival (by way of Jonathan Langford ) Subject: [AML] LDS Film Festival Update MAILBOX NEWSLETTER #10/2002 http://www.ldsbox.com feedback@ldsbox.com 2ND LDS FILM FESTIVAL 2002 NOVEMBER 13-16 | PROVO CITY LIBRARY IN THIS ISSUE: 1. 24-HOUR FILMMAKING MARATHON BIG SUCCESS 2. FESTIVAL HOTLINE 3. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW 4. IMPORTANT FESTIVAL LINKS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 24-HOUR FILMMAKING MARATHON BIG SUCCESS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The 24-hour filmmaking marathon was an overwhelming success. 34 filmmaking groups signed up Wednesday morning to tackle the challenge of making a film in 24 hours. The theme of the marathon was "redemption." Filmmakers also had to implement an object (a bar of soap) and a dialogue line ("You can't just change..."). All but one turned in a finished film the next day. A sold out screening of (almost) all films Thursday night showed many different approaches to the same theme. Many films were well crafted and impressed the audience. The winner of the marathon competition will be part of the "Best of 2002" program and will also receive over $ 400.00 in cash. We congratulate all the participating groups for their excellent work and endurance. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. FESTIVAL HOTLINE - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call our festival hotline, if you have questions regarding the festival. We look forward to an exciting weekend with many filmmakers and films at the 2ND LDS FILM FESTIVAL 2002. Call 801-687-1015 for specific information. For a detailed outline of the complete festival program go to: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/program2002.php - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Many filmmakers will be presenting today and tomorrow at the 2ND LDS FILM FESTIVAL. Don't miss this opportunity to interact and mingle with great LDS filmmakers! FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 10.00 a.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Gary Rogers Gary is the writer, producer, director of the upcoming "Book of Mormon Movie." He will share his vision of a Book of Mormon story and how he got his project started. 11.00 a.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Linda Thomson Linda is the owner of Thomson Productions, the leading LDS market video distributor. Drawing from 24 years of distribution experience, she will give insights on how to land a Mormon blockbuster. 12.00 p.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Anne Sward Hansen Anne is the president of the actors guild SAG Utah and will show tricks and techniques for acting for film and explain how to effectively work with actors. 1.00 p.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Adam Anderegg / Micah Merrill Adam is the director and Micah the producer of the current LDS movie "Jack Weyland's Charly." 2.00 p.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Kurt Hale / Dave Hunter Kurt is the director and Dave the producer of both "Singles Ward" and "The RM." They will talk about the production of "The RM" and what they learned since the release of "Singles Ward." 3.00 p.m. Special Screening: Amidst the Gateway Drama/Spiritual, 42 minutes, color, 2002 Filmmakers: Christopher S. Clark / Patrick H.Parker A young man comes to see his true self by remembering his golden, yet gloomy youth. Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. 4.00 p.m. Special Screening: Roots & Wings Drama, 28 minutes, color, 2002; Filmmaker: Christian Vuissa A husband and father struggles to accept his wife's and children's conversion to another religion. "Roots & Wings" won several awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Eclipse Film Festival. Q&A with the filmmaker after the screening. 5.00 p.m. Competition Program B 10 short films by LDS filmmakers, including comedy, drama, animation, experimental and documentary. Go to: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsB.php to view a description of the films. 5.00 p.m. Competition Program C 10 short films by LDS filmmakers, including comedy, drama, animation, experimental and documentary. Go to: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsC.php to view a description of the films. 7.30 p.m. Competition Program A 10 short films by LDS filmmakers, including comedy, drama, animation, experimental and documentary. Go to: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsA.php to view a description of the films. 7.30 p.m. Competition Program D: Female Filmmakers 12 short films by young LDS female filmmakers, including comedy, drama, experimental and documentary. Go to: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsD.php to view a description of the films. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 10.00 a.m. Second LDS Film Forum: Fantasy and Reality in LDS Media Perhaps no other debate in film history has been as great as that about the nature of reality in cinema. LDS films pose an even greater challenge due to the Latter-day Saint view of reality in life and divergent views on its place in fiction. Presenters have been invited to discuss the roles of reality and fantasy in LDS media past, present, and future. Presenters include: Susan Rather, Eric Eliason, Sharon Swenson, Eric Samuelsen, Ben Unguren. Mediated by Gideon Burton. 12.30 p.m. Panel Discussion: The LDS Cinematic Audience Last year's festival featured a panel discussion on the nature of LDS cinema, including its place in private and commercial distribution channels. This year's panel focuses on that issue by examining the nature of the LDS film audience: exactly who and where they are, what it is that they "want," and what further steps may be necessary to truly establish an audience and, therefore, an identity for "LDS cinema." Panelists include: Adam Anderegg, Sharon Swenson, Chris Heimerdinger, Ben Unguren, Dean Hale, Mediated by Gideon Burton 2.30 p.m. Filmmaker's Presentation: Dean Hale Dean Hale is in charge of film distribution at Excel Entertainment Group. He brought "God's Army." "Brigham City," "The Other Side of Heaven" and "Charly" into theaters across the country. 3.00 p.m. Screenplay Reading A 2-hour script reading and discussion of this year's winning short screenplays will illustrate what a great script is all about. Screenplay judge Eric Samuelsen will lead the discussion. Everyone is invited to participate in the reading. 3.30 p.m. Special Screening: Lehi's Land of First Inheritance Documentary, 60 minutes, color, 2002 Filmmakers: Chris Heimerdinger/David C. Asay Joseph L. Allen, Ph.D. introduces you to some of the astonishing parallels between the Book of Mormon and the archeology, written language, history, culture and geography of ancient and modern Central America. Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. 5.00 p.m. Best of Competition 2002 The very best films of 2002 by LDS filmmakers, including comedy, drama, animation, experimental and documentary. 7.30 p.m. Best of Competition 2002 The very best films of 2002 by LDS filmmakers, including comedy, drama, animation, experimental and documentary. 10.00 p.m. Award Ceremony & Party Who will win the prestigious LIGHTBOX AWARD 2002? Musical guests are Dave Eaton and Ambiguous Sun (Friday night) and Stephanie Smith (Saturday night). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. IMPORTANT FESTIVAL LINKS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following festival links will provide you with helpful information: ADMISSIONS: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/tickets.php FESTIVAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/program2002.php COMPETITION PROGRAM A: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsA.php COMPETITION PROGRAM B: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsB.php COMPETITION PROGRAM C: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsC.php COMPETITION PROGRAM D: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/shortsD.php FILMMAKER'S PRESENTATIONS: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/filmmakers.php SPECIAL SCREENINGS: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/screenings.php LDS FILM FORUM: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/filmforum.php 24-HOUR FILMMAKING MARATHON: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/marathon.php FESTIVAL JUDGES: http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/judges.php - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:13:29 EST From: Jhotodd@aol.com Subject: [AML] _I Am Jane_ in Washington DC We were recently at the Washington, DC Temple and Visitors' Center and saw flyers for the production of "I Am Jane". We're thrilled to know that it's coming out east. We're seriously considering making the 8 hour drive in February to see it. (We live in Ohio) JH Todd - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:37:26 -0800 From: Jeffrey Needle Subject: Re: [AML] BYU Professor Problems You have zeroes in on a very important question. I will go out on a limb here and risk the wrath of the listowner and others by swearing, but just once. It's necessary to tell this story. I was at DI a few months ago and was chatting with one of the managers. He's a former bishop, a very nice fellow, but a bit anal (that's not the swear word, it's yet to come) from time to time. I can remember when he first started working there, he refused to put out a Mr. Coffee coffee maker that someone had donated. "We shouldn't be encouraging people to sin," he explained. Thankfully,he's gotten beyond that. We were talking about something, I don't remember what, when I replied, "You know, I just don't give a damn. (There, that's the swear word.) He flinched and said to me something like, "When you're on church property, you are not to use such language." My answer, "In other words, Brigham Young would be shown the front door post haste. And J. Golden Kimball? Forget it!" He was blissfully unaware that early leaders were really quite earthy. It came as something of a shock. If you were to go by most Mormon literature, one indeed gets a skewed impression of real life. And, as such, it does not prepare the children to deal with real life. However, I don't see that as much of a problem. The kids don't read much, anyway, and they, I suspect, get *plenty* of real life at school and on the streets, anal- retentive former bishops notwithstanding. - ------------------ Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle@general.com or jeffneedle@tns.net - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:41:06 -0800 From: Jeffrey Needle Subject: [AML] Re: Reading Copies (was: Kofford Books) 11/12/2002 6:48:21 PM, Barbara Hume wrote: >At 11:46 PM 11/11/02 -0700, you wrote: >>As there is an advance reading copy for sale on the Deseret Book auction >>site even as we type, I'd guess that the wait will not be long. > >People are not supposed to sell their advanced reading copies! That's why >it says "Not for resale" right on the cover. Someone is breaking faith with >the publisher and with the writer. Don't buy it. > >barbara hume > I agree entirely. This is disgraceful, on many levels. I have a large collection of "do not sell" copies of books. If I ever get right of them, they are passed along to another reader, long after the book is actually published, with the understanding that they are for reading only. - ------------------ Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle@general.com or jeffneedle@tns.net - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:07:11 -0700 From: Lynette Jones Subject: RE: [AML] The Role of the Reader Thorn wrote: >What would be a working model of LDS readers? Recent converts? >Long-time converts? Men? Women? Boys? Girls? LDS converts and >life-time members from other countries? From the Wasatch Front? LDS >Democrats, or Republicans? Married, divorced, etc. Well, I agree that if that is your model, then . . . >Honesty. Pure and simple. If you tell >the story of a recent convert, tell it honestly. If you tell the story >of a divorced LDS woman, tell it honestly. That ought to be the >unifying principal in the art we produce. . . . is the proper model. However, in my extended family there is a huge untapped audience of folks with learning limitations of some kind. Some will only read books of deep philosophy, others read tech manuals and explain them to those who can't wade through them. Others are still untouched by the need to read at all. Others find music or poetry in it's simplest form as the most they can handle. Do we have authors who write to inspire 1st graders to read? Do we have such for 7th graders who need a boost? Does it have to be a reader? Or is it possible that we can reach each new generation with fresh ideas? Will we teach them what the last generation learned so they can expand our horizons with their new adventures. How well equipped are we sending them out? Lynette Jones (My first response to this subject goes here too.) - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V1 #895 ******************************