03 Jan 1976
Not a Pretty Picture
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
The Town
The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in microcosm by Madison, Indiana. It was created primarily for exhibition abroad, to provide international audiences a more well-rounded view of America, and was therefore produced in more than 20 translations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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Myron McCormick Narrator
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