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TV Tidbits: Two short films by UNCSA students to be shown on UNC-TV
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Published: June 19, 2009
Two more short student films from the UNC School of the Arts are scheduled to be shown Saturday on UNC-TV as part of the series North Carolina Visions. The films will start at 11 p.m.
The Sheriff (2007) is a 13-minute profile of Eugene Alexander, an elderly man who works for Industries for the Blind. It was directed by Jeff Giordano, who graduated from UNCSA in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in directing.
B is For Beekeeper (2007), which runs 12 minutes, is the story of beekeeper Bill Waddell. It was the first UNCSA film to be screened at the Slamdance film festival, won "Best Documentary" at the Reynolda Film Festival and was shown at the RiverRun International Film Festival. It was directed by Thomas O'Keefe, who graduated from UNCSA in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in directing.
For the past few weeks, North Carolina Visions has been showing student films from UNCSA as part of a series of short films from around the state. This week's episode is devoted to documentaries.
As a reminder, here are the phone numbers for local TV stations and the FCC if you are having a problem with your digital broadcast television after last Friday's digital transition:
□ WXII-12: 721-9944
□ WGHP/FOX8: 821-1144
□ WFMY 2: 379-5697
□ WXLV/WMYV: 722-4545
□ Federal Communications Commission National call center: 888-CALL-FCC (225-5322) or DTVanswers.com.
The biggest problems I have heard about so far have been from WGHP viewers, since many people are not able to pick up the channel's VHF signal. The station is working with the FCC to see if it can boost its signal, and is advising viewers to make sure that their antennas pick up VHF signals as well as UHF, which all the other channels in the market use. But I have heard from a few readers about other channels as well.
The best advice is to call the channel that you aren't getting. They'll want to do everything they can to help you, so they can keep you as a viewer while keeping you from switching over to one of the other stations.
Even the E! network is apparently sick of Spencer and Heidi Pratt, the reality-show stars known collectively as "Speidi." Through Sunday, E! is letting viewers decide whether the network will become a "Speidi-Free" zone.
The votes will be taken at www.eonline.com, with results announced on E! News at 7 p.m. Monday. "Whatever the people decide will stand as law at the network," according to a network press release, "at least until they do something truly newsworthy."
Family Guy was brought back from cancellation because of its popularity on DVD, and it has gone on to become one of the Fox network's most durable comedies. It continues to thrive on DVD, where episodes can be shown uncensored. The new three-disc, 13-episode Volume Seven set includes commentaries, deleted scenes, test footage and a look at the new spinoff series, The Cleveland Show.
Also new on DVD this week:
□ The first seasons of The Hunger, a Showtime horror anthology, with host Terence Stamp and guest stars including Daniel Craig, Lena Headey and Jason Flemyng; Snoop Dogg's Father Hood, a reality show about the rap star's family life; and Murdoch Mysteries, a Canadian mystery series that is a sort of Victorian CSI, following a detective who uses forensics to track killers in 1890s Toronto.
□ The second seasons of Holly Hunter's quirky TNT drama Saving Grace; the teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager; the family drama Everwood (the first season of which has been on DVD for almost five years now!); and Burn Notice, the USA Network's action-comedy-drama about a former spy who helps people in need, with a supporting cast including reliable scene-stealers Sharon Gless and Bruce Campbell. Burn Notice is also available on Blu-ray.
■ Tim Clodfelter can be reached at 727-7371 or at tclodfelter@wsjournal.com.
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