A FEW REASONS WHY
NEBRASKA IS PUTTING ON A
BETTER FILM FESTIV,
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un iuesday, July zu, a nanarui or
people sat in places scattered through
out the Mary Riepma Ross Film
Theater and anxiously awaited the
kick off of the 1999 Great Plains Film
Festival.
Among die small number of view
ers were some students from Omaha
Northwest High school who watched
as their short films opened the biggest
semi-annual film event in Nebraska.
Of course, that’s just part of the
charm of this thing.
With the media attention and star
power increasing at festival’s like
Sundance and Cannes many filmmak- ,
ers are growing more and more eager
to have their work shown at regional
Please see FILM on 9
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STORY BY
JASON HARDY
(PART 1WO OF THE SERIES)
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