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Two highly recommended documentary films are
being shown by the Sheldon Film Theater today and
Thursday. They are Woodcutters of the Deep South, by
Lionel Rogosin, and Blues like Showers of Rain, by
John Jeremy.
Woodcutters of the Deep South is the saga of the
formation of a cooperative union of woodcutters trying
to work out from under the pressure of their employers,
the pulp and paper companies. Emphasis is given to the '
setting aside of racial differences in favor of a common
cause.
Examples of Rogosin's work were shown at UNL
during the Sheldon Film Theater's Filmmaker's
Showcase last spring.
On the same bill is Blues like Showers of Rain,
featuring voice-over interviews with classic blues
players set against a photographic montage of black
history in America. The film also features performances
by the bluesmen. The words, images and music blend
to form a good atmospheric introduction to black
culture for the neophyte, or a good refresher for those
who perhaps have forgotten what was so painfully
taught.
Show times are 3, 7 and 9 p.m. in the Sheldon Art
Gallery Auditorium. Admission is $1 .25.
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9:30 a.m. Counseling Center-Career Assistance Board
Nebraska Union
12:30 p.m. Dr. Phillip McVey, Luncheon Union
2 p.m. Financial Aids Workshop Union
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Teenage Hitchhikers
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Tales of ROBIN HOOD
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WOODCUTTERS OF THE DEEP SOUTH
Directed by Lionel Rogosin
Deep in the lush backwoods of Mississippi and Alabama,
history is being made. Poor black and white working people
are trying to overcome the forces of racism among themselves
- rziZZ a wmr!iv association to dispel the bonds
of 1'heTr TcononTic "captors the paper and the puipwood
companies. ,
Though the eyes and minds of the workers and organizers
who helped the woodcutters get staried In this venture into
selfhelp, Rogosin's film reveals the basic needs and struggles
encountered in the development of all social organizations of
this nature. pujS A SECOND FEATURE
BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN
Directed by John Jeremy
With the voices and blues of Blind Arvella Gray, J.n.
Lenoir. Willie Thoma3 and Edwin Buster Pickens, Wade
Walton and Robert Curtis Smith. Sunnyland Slim and F-.ooert
Lockwood. James Butch Cage, S. Louis Jimmy, bam Price,
Speckled Red, Olis Spann, Little Brother Montgomery, Bi lie
Pierce, Lonnie Johnson, Henry Townsend. Lightnln
Hopkins, Blind James Brewer, Charies Love, James Stump
Johnson.
September 4 & 5-Wednesday & Thursday
Screenings at 3, 7 & 9 p.m.
Admission $1.25
Sheldon Art Gallery, 12th & R St.
When fate talks, he listens
Occasionally I run into a situation
where I feel controlled. It seems as if
the major deities realize my plans and
their plans conflict.
"See that kid down there?" Merc says
to Zeus. "Wei!, he's gonna mess you up
if you don't watch him." Soon after I feel
a tightness in my shoulders, as if
someone or something is communi
cating directly with my body. I can
sometimes almost hear a deep voice
saying, "Okay, Bub, back off."
CHUCK STRINZ
F'YflSK (TIE
I used to follow along, often with a
silent nod. But as I grew older I began to
look objectively at fate and Calvinism
and all that rot. I even wondered if I
hadn't simply created the shoulder
! pulling feeling in my own mind for some
mysterious Freudian reason.
' When I was in tenth grade I rebelled.
It was with Israel, my best friend. We
' were sitting on Izy's back porch.
Something caught my attention out
side; 1 can't remember exactly what it
was, but I wanted to go out and
investigate. Then that shoulder-pull hit
me and I eased back into my chair.
After a couple of minutes I changed
my mind. ! was my own. man and, by
gum, I was going outside. Stalwartly i
marched into the back yard, fell down,
and broke my wrist.
Years have passed. I. learned my
lesson that day. I became the sub
servient beast. But certain things will
lead a person to defy powers he knows
will tolerate no impudence; certain
things like money.
I've been trying to sell my trumpet for
years. I posted cute little signs around
campus. I told people my trumpet was
once played by Miles Davis and Doc
Severinsen at the same time. I drove all
the way out to Mister Donut for a copy
Of Ads only to find out the newspaper is
out of business. I even paid for an ad in
the Lincoln Journal. Nothing. For nearly
seven years, nothing.
So now I conclude that the Fates
want me to keep the trumpet. I don't
know why I play the sousaphone and
my nose.
Maybe I'm
chair trumpet
harmofi'ie.-
destined to play first
in the NewYork Phil-
the contemporary comedy of
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The incredible RICKY JAY
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Wednesday, September 4, 1974
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