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We’re teaming up with the One Read community reading project this month to show Talhotblond (83 min.), directed by Barbara Schroeder. This film delves into the dark consequences of sociopathic behavior and narcissism. This true story of a love triangle takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder as a teenage vixen (screen name ‘talhotblond’) lures men into her web. Drawing from exclusive access to Internet messages, secret letters, police evidence files and prison interviews, “Talhotblond” details the horrific results of getting entangled in online lies. Please note that this film contains adult content; viewer discretion advised.

This free movie will be shown Wednesday, September 29th at 7pm in the Columbia Public Library’s Friends Room. There will be a discussion after the film. Check out the film trailer below:

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There’s a few documentary events in town this month that might be of interest:

(Updated 10/02/10)

September 7th: The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, a documentary about a family of “law-breaking rabble rousers” from West Virgina, will be shown at the Ragtag at 6pm, with composer & “local legend” Deke Dickerson in attendance afterward.

September 8th: The Story of Anvil, a documentary about an obscure heavy metal rock band, will be shown for free at MU’s Wrench Auditorium at 8pm. This is part of the MU Missouri Students Association film series. We have the film available for checkout at the library.

September 8th: Handmade Nation, a documentary about DIY craftsters, will be shown at the Ragtag with director Faythe Levine in attendance afterward. This is a kickoff event for the Citizen Jane Film Festival in October. You can also put a hold on Handmade Nation in the library catalog (it’s currently on order).

September 10th-12th: The first ever Show Me Social Justice Film Festival is taking place in Warrensburg Missouri. Many documentaries are included in the schedule for the fest. One of the films is the docudrama Small Town Culture War that was inspired by events in Fulton Missouri.

September 12th & 19th: Mid-Missouri Peace Works is starting up a free weekly film series every Sunday at the Peace Nook. They are showing a couple of documentaries in September, including You Can’t Be Neutral on A Moving Train on September 12th, and The Corporation on September 19th. (Both of which are in the library collection.)

September 29th: Murderball, a documentary about quadriplegic rugby players, will be shown at the University of Missouri’s Jesse Auditorium with film subject Mark Zupan speaking that night as well. You can also check out Murderball in the library collection.

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Thanks to everyone who came to Owning the Weather last night. We didn’t have much time for discussion, so here are some questions about the film that you can respond to in the comments section of this blog post:

1. Do you think weather modification would be justified under certain circumstances? Why or why not?
2. If weather modification was to take place on a large scale to combat global warming, how could it be governed?
3. The movie touches on how urban dwellers primarily experience weather though the media. How do you think this effects our attitudes about the weather?

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