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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Littrell Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [syscon-tx] Margo Jones DVD offer for public libraries Posted by request Deborah Littrell > > > Hello Texas Librarians: > > We would like to make you aware that Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and > the American Theater, the documentary produced by KERA-Dallas/Fort > Worth that was aired nationwide on public television is available for > free for your library as a DVD. > > Since Ms. Jones was a native Texan and a pivotal figure in American > theater, we are eager to make sure her memory lives on. If you would > like to receive a free DVD of this nationally acclaimed documentary, > please contact Lisa Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] your name, your > library address and phone number. Basic information follows. > > ------------------------------------- > > Jones story, after successfully airing on public television stations > nationwide last spring, is now available as the DVDSWEET TORNADO: > MARGO JONES AND THE AMERICAN THEATER, starring Judith Ivey as the > dynamic and idealistic director fromTexas, and Richard Thomas as > Tennessee Williams, whose early career she championed. Marcia Gay > Harden narrates the one-hour documentary. Jones' landmark theater > (1947-1955) inDallasis the setting for the program. > > The documentary has been praised as "smartly crafted, bold, moving" > byTheDallasMorning Newsand by Leonard Maltin as "a heartfelt tribute > to a woman with great dreams and equally great demons in her life." > > In addition to the documentary, theSWEET TORNADO DVDincludes features > and footage of particular interest to theater lovers, theater > educators and libraries. Among them: an incisive interview with noted > Tennessee Williams authority Albert R. Devlin and a discussion with > contributions from Arena Stage founder Zelda Fichandler and director > Adrian Hall about how and why the professional nonprofit theater took > root half a century ago. > > The DVD also includes material about the classic dramaInherit the > Windwhich Jones premiered and assessments of her life and career from > playwright Horton Foote, actor Ray Walston, and others. Judith Ivey > offers her account of how she found the role for this unusual amalgam > of live performance and documentary biography. Other extras include > behind-the-scenes footage from shooting of the performance portion of > the documentary. > > SWEET TORNADOwas produced by KERA-Dallas/Fort Worth, and distributed > by American Public Television.The documentary was co-produced and co- > written by Kay Cattarulla and Rob Tranchin.Sylvia Komatsuis Executive > in Charge. > > _______________________________________________ syscon-tx mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tsl.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/syscon-tx _______________________________________________ ctls-l mailing list [email protected] http://ctls.net/mailman/listinfo/ctls-l_ctls.net
