I've never been the type to sing and dance, but the first trailer for Better to Live makes me wish that I could -- and for a good cause. Set to debut shortly at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, the short film is "a gritty and uplifting look at the travails of the college experience and the musical-sketch comedy performance that's saving lives," according to the official synopsis In this short documentary, drama majors tackle complex issues including rape, anxiety, cutting and suicide as they build The Reality Show for 5000 freshmen at one of America's most iconic theaters, Madison Square Garden. Raw and unscripted, young "superhero" artists remind us that it's better to live, far worse to waste it. Linda Mills directed. The first...
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- 4/10/2015
- Screen Anarchy
A woman in Florida started a pay it forward trend that lasted almost 12 hours and affected close to 400 people on Wednesday.
Starbucks Hosts Pay It Forward Chain
Wednesday morning, around 7 a.m., a drive-thru Starbucks customer bought an iced coffee and offered to pay for the person behind her. When the next customer went to pay for his or her caramel macchiato and was told that it had already been covered, he or she decided to continue the trend and paid for the drink of the next customer. Soon, the employees began keeping a tally and informing each new customer of the trend, saying they could either pay for their tab, which would then go towards the following customer, or cover the following customer entirely.
According to the St. Petersburg, Fla., Starbucks baristas, 260 customers had participated by 1:30 p.m., and 378 people took part in the pay it forward chain...
Starbucks Hosts Pay It Forward Chain
Wednesday morning, around 7 a.m., a drive-thru Starbucks customer bought an iced coffee and offered to pay for the person behind her. When the next customer went to pay for his or her caramel macchiato and was told that it had already been covered, he or she decided to continue the trend and paid for the drink of the next customer. Soon, the employees began keeping a tally and informing each new customer of the trend, saying they could either pay for their tab, which would then go towards the following customer, or cover the following customer entirely.
According to the St. Petersburg, Fla., Starbucks baristas, 260 customers had participated by 1:30 p.m., and 378 people took part in the pay it forward chain...
- 8/22/2014
- Uinterview
As a college student it's easy to forget how often we segregate ourselves by race, religion and ethnicity. It's not necessarily something done consciously, but our views of the world undoubtedly shape the relationships we hold. In the 34-minute short documentary film "Of Many," directed by Nyu Vice Chancellor for Global Programs and University Life Linda Mills and executive-produced by Chelsea Clinton, the friendship between an Nyu rabbi and imam are explored. I got the chance to speak to Clinton and Mills, who along with Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and Imam Khalid Latif are co-founders of Nyu's Of Many Institute, a multifaith organization that strives to create and enhance relationships between students on campus. The film, appropriately titled "Of Many," premieres later today at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and is only a small part of a larger effort to bring communities together on and off college campuses. "I met Khalid and...
- 4/17/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • Is Brin someone Hollywood will heed? Nah, probably not... Google co-founder rips Hollywood on anti-piracy efforts • Linda Mills of Omaha, Nebraska, this link is for you. Let the Nanotargeting Begin • Nice to see a critic getting a bit of love and respect in these dark days for arts journalism. Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris honored with 2012 Pulitzer Prize • There's no way this could go wrong, is there? Disney making 'Iron Man 3' with Chinese partner • The media still can't resist identifying women through the men they're married to, and not as individuals in their own right... Women and men are still unequal – even when they are dead...
- 4/17/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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