Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Charlie-Chaplin.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/16/2002 Charlie Chaplin Transcript At the height of the silent film era, cinema going could be a posh and stylish event. Filmgoers often wore their Sunday-best, and far from being truly silent, the best theaters of the 1920s employed entire orchestras bedecked in ducktails […]
A documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, seen through the eyes of children, was recently screened on the public television series POV. Fiona Barnes has our review.
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That’s the African American artist, James Butler, talking about his early commitment to art on a documentary film by Julia D’Amico called The Highwaymen. Everyone has been talking about the Highwaymen in Florida for the past few years.
Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve to take us under the sea and up in the air to celebrate the birthday of Jules Verne.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Interview-with-Nicole-Dreiske-Artistic-Director-of-the-Chicago-International-Childrens-Film-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/9/2002 Nicole Dreiske Transcript The 18th annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival took place this past fall. The Festival lasts for nearly two weeks, and involves screenings of hundreds of films from around the world. We’ll be introducing you to some of these remarkable […]
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Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Videos-for-the-Stocking.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 12/20/2001 Videos for the Stocking Transcript One of the hottest new programs on cable television this year is the English children’s program, “Bob the Builder,” which is currently airing on Nickelodeon. Each of the shows features Bob, who runs a […]
It’s the biggest shopping day of the year, and John Cech has some film recommendations for those who prefer to avoid the traffic and stay close to home.
It was the birthday last week of Roy Rogers, and our own galloping commentator, Shelley Fraser Mickle, has some thoughts today about this all-American icon.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Carl-Stalling-Pioneer-Animator-.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/09/2001 Carl Stalling Transcript One of the great unsung heroes of Warner Brothers cartoons was composer, Carl Stalling. In the early 1920s, Stalling met Walt Disney at a theatre in Kansas City where Stalling was employed as a piano accompanist for silent films. At […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Buster-Keaton.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/4/2001 Buster Keaton Transcript In the early days of cinema, when the only sound that came with a movie was provided by a live piano player, Buster Keaton’s films played to the amusement of all ages. For children, Keaton tumbled and crashed through rip-roaring […]