The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre still lingers in the hearts and minds of the nation five years later. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a group of artists from New York traveled to Newtown, Connecticut to work with kids from the local school system to mount an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Director Lloyd Kramer decided to film the production for a documentary entitled “Midsummer in Newtown.” Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
Read More: Students on Stage Bring Joy in the Wake of Loss in Exclusive Trailer For ‘Midsummer in Newtown’ — Watch
The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
A mother who lost her 6-year-old daughter in 2012's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is sending solidarity and support to the families of Sunday's Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. "I am so, so sorry," Nelba Márquez-Greene, who lost daughter Ana Grace in the Newtown, Connecticut, killing, wrote. "I am sorry that our tragedy here in Sandy hook wasn't enough to save your loved ones … And I know it will never be the same." "My message was and is and always will be 'love wins,' " she continued. "Because hate, ugly, evil and prejudice cannot silence love, courage, good." Her powerful...
- 6/14/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
A mother who lost her 6-year-old daughter in 2012's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is sending solidarity and support to the families of Sunday's Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. "I am so, so sorry," Nelba Márquez-Greene, who lost daughter Ana Grace in the Newtown, Connecticut, killing, wrote. "I am sorry that our tragedy here in Sandy hook wasn't enough to save your loved ones … And I know it will never be the same." "My message was and is and always will be 'love wins,' " she continued. "Because hate, ugly, evil and prejudice cannot silence love, courage, good." Her powerful...
- 6/14/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
We all miss our Uncle Forry to death, but thanks to a new book from authors Al Astrella and James Greene, we're going to have a chance to spend a bit more time with him this Halloween season! Hell yes!
From the Press Release
Though Forrest J Ackerman died in 2008, his legacy, like Count Dracula, will never die. “Forry”, as he was called by friends and adoring fans, was recognized worldwide as the leading sci-fi and horror film expert of the 20th Century as well as an author, actor, literary agent, and collector of rare sci-fi and horror books, posters, artwork and movie props.
He was also known for being at the forefront of the science fiction movement in Los Angeles beginning in the 1930's and gained lasting celebrity by bringing together fans of fantasy, sci-fi and horror when he edited the legendary monster magazine “Famous Monsters of Filmland” from 1958 to 1983.
For decades,...
From the Press Release
Though Forrest J Ackerman died in 2008, his legacy, like Count Dracula, will never die. “Forry”, as he was called by friends and adoring fans, was recognized worldwide as the leading sci-fi and horror film expert of the 20th Century as well as an author, actor, literary agent, and collector of rare sci-fi and horror books, posters, artwork and movie props.
He was also known for being at the forefront of the science fiction movement in Los Angeles beginning in the 1930's and gained lasting celebrity by bringing together fans of fantasy, sci-fi and horror when he edited the legendary monster magazine “Famous Monsters of Filmland” from 1958 to 1983.
For decades,...
- 10/25/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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