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The closet is Ali's refuge, but it's a prison for Oliver - can love break through?

Cinematography students of the filmmaking program at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California (area code 562) share their hopes and aspirations as to why they are studying film.

A woman who wins a lottery prize is mistaken as the maid when she goes to claim her prize.

In the racially charged South of the 1960's the black population of a small town is blamed for the spread of a virulent plague. Bobby, a white mechanic, is racing through the countryside with his wife Carolyne. She was bitten by one of those infected and is fading fast. Awakening in a wrecked car with Carolyne missing, Bobby follows a trail of blood down the road towards a fateful encounter and an unthinkable choice.

An off-season off-track training day of a speedskater.

Almost everyone knows Japanese anime and its impact on the entertainment industry. Many people are also familiar with manga or Japanese comics and how that art form has affected American comic books and popular culture. However, very few people outside of Japan know that both manga and anime were spawned by the Japanese oral storytelling tradition called kamishibai - a uniquely Japanese art form. The term kamishibai literally translates to "paper drama." In the 1950s as many as 3,000 kamishibai performers roamed the streets of Tokyo performing folktales of morality to young audiences. However, with the advent of mass publishing and television, the art form almost disappeared. There are only a handful of street kamishibai performers today. Kamishibai has evolved into an educational tool for use in the classroom. This film introduces two practitioners of kamishibai, together who have been performing the art for over 70 years and an instructor who currently teaches this dying art form at a community center to aspiring practitioners in Tokyo.

Homer, the Boston Terrier puppy in his new adopted home is always mistaken as food.