HUNTINGTON -- In a couple of weeks, the "Sesame Street Live!" show hits the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
If you can't wait to get your Elmo fix, you're in luck.
Marquee Cinemas at Pullman Square is showing the new movie, "Sesame Street: Dinosaurs," at 11:45 a.m. today and Sunday as part of its Kidtoons movie series.
Starring Elmo, Telly Monster and Sesame Street's fairy-in-training, Abby Cadabby, this theatrical premiere invites pint-sized paleontologists in-training to use their imaginations to learn more about the earth's ancient inhabitants.
For more about the series, go online at www.kidtoonfilms.com.
Premiere of 'Widen'
The LaBelle Theatre in South Charleston will host a premiere of the documentary, "The Widen Film Project," by Kelly Thompson.
The documentary tracks the history of Widen, a little town in Clay County, W.Va., and how the United Mine Works and a coal company fought in the 1950s over who was going to control one of the largest non-union mines in the Eastern United States. A man, Charles Frame, was murdered, bridges blown up and 200 miners lost their jobs in 1957 when a new company bought the Widen mine.
Scored by Bob Webb, "Widen" will be shown at 7 p.m. at the museum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There will also be cake and refreshments before the film.
Along with the film, The Buffalo Girls of Clay County will talk about their projects to save the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad and promote tourism in Clay County.
There will also be a West Virginia premiere of "Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman."
Copies will be available for sale at the premiere. For more information, e-mail Thompson at killer64@suddenlink.net.
A 'Captive' audience
Local Huntington Public Access Programmer Richard Bartrum has been one of the biggest supporters of locally-made films, being the conduit for showing a long list of regional films.
At 8 and 11 p.m. Thursday, May 15, Huntington Public Access TV (Huntington Comcast 20) will air "The Captives," an award-winning film produced by West Virginia filmmaker Jude Miller. The film depicts the historic ordeal of Mary Draper Ingles, who traveled 800 miles through wilderness to escape her Shawnee captors in 1755.
W.Va. Public Television and Jude Miller are allowing Huntington Public Access to share the film with it's local cable audience.
If teachers would like to discuss the film with their students, a study guide is available by e-mailing the producer at: judestrueblue@yahoo.com. If you would like to get your film shown locally, or have any questions, e-mail: access_ channel_20@yahoo.com.
Hechler film going to every West Virginia public library
Good news on the recent documentary, "Ken Hechler: In Pursuit of Justice," (2008, 120 minutes, Marshall University Libraries).
Produced by Barbara Winters, dean of Marshall University Libraries, and written and directed by well-known WVPBS filmmakers, Russ Barbour and Chip Hitchcock, the film will be given to all state public libraries.
The film will also air later this year on WVPBS as well as around the country. According to film critic and programmer, Steve Fesenmaier, Hechler will introduce the new feature film on his 94th birthday on Sept. 20 at the LaBelle Theatre. The program is co-sponsored by the South Charleston Museum and WV Labor History Association. No admission will be charged.
The film depicts the amazing life of one of the Mountain State's most influential citizens who has spent his life in public service as a Congressman, West Virginia Secretary of State, professor/teacher, author and environmental and social justice activist.
Check out more online at www.kenhechler.us. To purchase the DVD, contact the Marshall University Libraries by e-mailing wintersb@marshall.edu.
A Mayberry roadtrip
Start whistling, "Andy Griffith Show" fans, a slice of Mayberry is coming to the Mountain State.
Don Knotts, beloved by many as Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show," is being remembered and honored at the Don Knotts Hometown Celebration on July 18 and 19, in Morgantown.
Knotts grew up in Morgantown, graduated from Morgantown High School and from West Virginia University.
If you are one of these individuals or a fan who has a memory of meeting Don, contact JoAnn Peterson at mountaineer@atlanticbb.net or 304-329-6330, about being part of "A Hometown Remembers Don Knotts," the opening event for the two-day festival.
'Sludge' airing statewide on KET
Appalshop's documentary film "Sludge" will air four times in May on Kentucky Educational Television's (KET) Kentucky Channel.
Robert Salyer's film tells the story of the Martin County, Ky., sludge spill that was 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill yet gained little national media attention.
Shortly after midnight on Oct. 11, 2000, a coal sludge pond in Martin County broke through an underground mine, propelling 306 million gallons of sludge down two tributaries of the Tug Fork River into the Big Sandy. The Martin County sludge spill killed all aquatic life along 30 miles of river, damaged municipal water systems and caused millions of dollars in property damage.
Filmed over four years, the documentary chronicles the aftermath of the disaster, the Mine Safety and Health Administration "whistleblower" case of Jack Spadaro and the looming threat of coal sludge ponds throughout the Appalachian mountains.
The film will air at 1 p.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Friday, May 16; midnight and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17.
For more info, go online at www.appalshop.org.
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