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Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:

King of the Ring, 2022

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Identifier: vm_2022fall_tillman_kerriyon.pdf
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"King of the Ring is a short drama following an in-over-his-head wrestling promoter as he manuevers to salvage his highly anticipated main event. Through anxiety-driven intensity, the film seeks to explore isues of workplace exploitation of independent pro wrestlers in a world that struggles to separate reality from fiction." -- Abstract

Dates: 2022

"Knitting" "I'm Not Okay" and "Offcuts", 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018fall_brown_caitlin.pdf
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"Offcuts: A 4-minute experimental film featuring underwater footage, exploring the topics of identity, fear and purpose." -- Summary "Knitting: This story follows a 7-year-old girl whose grandmother and mother struggle with caring for their aging grandfather." -- Summary "I'm [Not] Okay: Selena, a closeted teen with an abusive mother, struggles to come to terms with her identity during the most difficult period of her life." -- Summary

Dates: 2018

Knotweed : chapters 1-5, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_registrato_laura.pdf
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"The first five chapters of a novel in progress about a young woman who escapes from jail and the family members who help her survive." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Know when you've been left : the deterioration of the model relationship / Everything is fine : the denial of the deterioration of the model relationship, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_sanders-jordan_nataki.pdf
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"A film that covers the problems with relationships in the modern high tech era. The stand-up comedian covers a plethora of issues that men and women face while trying to co-exist in a relationship while also trying to maintain self-image and peer pressure. The stand-up routine is also intertwined with a session of girl talk during which women talk candidly with each other about difficulties in relationships." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

La Bodega, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_garcia_koby.pdf
Overview "La Bodega is a feature length screenplay that tells the story of the Brisas family, a Cuban American multigenerational family who own a bodega in a predominately Hispanic town just outside of New York City that is in the midst of gentrification. A teenager Martin, his mother Ana, and his grandfather El Viejo have differing opinions on the future of the family and their bodega as they each navigate their own lives. This family drama also serves as a coming of age story for the characters and...
Dates: 2023

Labouka, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_west_robert_alton.pdf
Overview "'Labouka' is a show that aims to bring both political intrigues mixed with the adventurous antics of shonen manga/anime and young adult novels. It centers around Tora II of the Laboukaian royal family who is born right before the takeover and occupation of his country by the Trios, a country to the northeast of his central and landlocked homeland. The show focuses on themes of family, duty, sacrifice, resistance, and challenging the world order. History of the continent of Rhodelia heavily...
Dates: 2020

Land of flint, 2018

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Identifier: wf_2018spring_shatraw_justin.pdf
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"Land of Flint is a crime drama with science fiction elements about a troubled FBI agent who struggles to solve a bizarre murder, hoping to quell her inner crisis and expose a technological threat in Mohawk territory." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Last Dream in Town, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_castillon_alejandro.pdf
Overview "Last Dream In Town is a feature-length screenplay about the role that art plays in the lives of people in rural United States and society at large. This independent drama follows a young grieving bartender who has abandoned her passions, supporting herself financially after the sudden death of her best friend. Eccentrics abound in her small Texas town, and soon she becomes immersed in the lives of radical, anti-technology artists seeking to change the world. Egos clash, music is made, and...
Dates: 2023

Last Looks, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_schwegler_ashley.pdf
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"LAST LOOKS is a dramedy limited series that is developed for streaming platforms. A recent college grad takes a job at a funeral home where she faces oppposition when she wants to modernize the establishment to cater to the twenty-first century." -- Abstract

Dates: 2022

Last worst time, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_goodwin_lindsay.pdf
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"This deeply personal collection of essays follows the writer in the three years after her messy separation from her husband. The writer grapples with anger and grief, loneliness and despair, and chronic pain. At the same time, she undergoes a sort of awakening in her new, forced circumstances." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Leaves, 2016

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Identifier: cw_2016summer_schrimper_michael.pdf
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"A vibrant homage to Virginia Woolf's classic To the Lighthouse, The Leaves is a study of family life, marriage, privilege, and art. It also offers an unusual story behind the development of the psychiatric drugs that changed the way we think of happiness." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016

Leaving, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018summer_huang_chenyun.pdf
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"A short narrative film captures the daily life of a three-generations of a Chinese family while the grandfather suffers through the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Through the eyes of a little girl, we see family members’ different emotional reactions to the old man’s irreversible dementia and how it affects the girl’s perception of death." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Lessons from the digital age : what the publishing industry can learn from online fanfiction, 2017

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Identifier: cw_2017spring_moura_tarsilla.pdf
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An examination of the successes and failures of various models of online fanfiction provides an in-depth study into the different, viable ways fanfiction can contribute to the publishing industry. --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Lethe, 2023

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Identifier: pf_2023spring_oneal_jerica.pdf
Overview "A plummet into a river. A struggle for life. A loss of consciousness. LETHE is the story of a woman who wakes up with no memory of who she is, where she is, or how she got there. She is found by Hypnos, the god of sleep, who journeys with her as she tries to rediscover her identity. However, with souls going missing, and mysterious glimpses of catastrophic deaths, there is trouble afoot in the Underworld, and it all seems connected to Lethe. Armed with a burgeoning power, she must figure...
Dates: 2023

Let's Go Kill Your Father, 2021

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Identifier: sf_2021spring_rodriguez_isabella.pdf
Overview "LET'S GO KILL YOUR FATHER is a dark comedy and drama centered around a mother-daughter road trip that explores the complicated gravity of grief and guilt. Sprinkled with comedic levity, the film's emotional arc is tethered between the creation of one life and the ending of another. A young Cuban woman completing in vitro fertilization is suddenly jolted into a mission of the opposite nature when her estranged, sickly father asks her to travel from Miami to Portland to euthanize him. She...
Dates: 2021

Letters For Julian, 2019

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Identifier: sw_2019spring_cortes_maria.pdf
Overview "Letters for Julian is a coming-of-age dramedy about a Boston teenager who, after a sudden death of his mother, learns that he has an older brother who was given up for an adoption at an early age. Exploring themes of family ties, the importance of friendships and human connection, the script follows one main character through his journey on discovering what true family stands for, which leads to a final realization that sometimes blood ties are not the strongest, and our home is truly where...
Dates: 2019

Levels of Hell, 2020

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Identifier: pf_2020spring_quiroz-diez_tatiana.pdf
Overview "Where everyone's a sinner, the real virtue is figuring out how not to fall under the temptations. Levels of Hell follows a girl named Blythe who finds herself in Hell after some unfortunate incidents in her life right before she dies. In this version of Hell, The Seven Deadly Sins are the big bosses, and they are each responsible for their level. Only time will tell if she'll be able to overcome all Seven Deadly Sins and see if she can pass her final judgment and get into Heaven or stay to...
Dates: 2020

LGBTQ+ bookstores : past, present, and future, 2018

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Identifier: cw_2018spring_nisbet_stephanie.pdf
Overview "LGBTQ+ bookstores have provided an essential component of LGBTQ+ culture and history, serving not only as places to buy books, but also as cultural hubs and areas of discoverability, acceptance, and community. There were an estimated seventy-five to 100 LGBTQ+ bookstores in the United States at their peak in the 1990s, but there remain only six today. These bookstores have closed largely due to financial struggles, caused by high rent prices, the most recent economic recession, and...
Dates: 2018

LGBTQ+A : the need for a digital safe-space in a digital world, 2018

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Identifier: cm_2018summer_bastien_rebecca.pdf
Overview "Young people within the LGBTQ community often find themselves without mentors as they begin to discover their gender and sexual identities, and potentially put their safety at risk by attempting to learn more about themselves online. LGBTQ+A is a digital safe space app prototype where those discovering their identities are able to connect with others like themselves and learn from those with similar experiences, making the LGBTQ+ community accessible to queer individuals all over the...
Dates: 2018

Life and death and pizza, 2015

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Identifier: cw_2015spring_papa_michaela.pdf
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"A collection of short stories focused on characters who find themselves slightly left of center." --Abstract.

Dates: 2015