September 11 Won't be the Last Time We Walk Out of Our Cities - The Upside of Down is a stunning animated flight through a maze of ominous plinths, opening this BookShort docu-drama based on Thomas Homer-Dixon's book of the same name. The Upside of Down captures the urgency of our headlong rush into global crisis, flashing through poignant film clips of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, referencing epidemics of disease and wars fought over finite energy resources, crystallizing the need for thinking with a "prospective mind." Then, in a brilliantly rendered and surprising transformation, what initially seemed a dire journey becomes a perfect film interpretation of Homer-Dixon's ultimate message of hope, renewal and survival in a future full of surprises.The BookShort was adapted for the screen by philosopher and long-time Homer-Dixon fan Michael McGarry; directed by Gary Thomas; animated by Crush, scored by Martin Worthy, produced by Judith Keenan and Stephanie Pennington. Book released...
www.BookShorts.com -- Host of Moving Stories TV Paul Quarrington talks to author Thomas Homer-Dixon about how we can prevent society's breakdown in the face of terrorism and pandemics.The BookShort...
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www.BookShorts.com -- Based on Pauline Couture' s non-fiction work ICE Beauty Danger History, this BookShort animated film of the same name offers a brief but intense look at the impact of ice on...
www.BookShorts.com -- A Quiet Courage the BookShorts documentary film is an adaptation of the non-fiction book called Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories From All of Us, by Paula Todd. The film...
www.movingstories.tv -- MICHELLE GAGNON is a fresh and confident new voice in crime fiction, and THE TUNNELS marks an auspicious debut. So says John Lescroart, and that guy would certainly be the...
www.movingstories.tv -- A LIFE'S PASSION is the short film biography of James McCreath, a man who turned the intensity of his real-life story into the epic novel Renaldo. From the sweeping plains...
www.movingstories.tv -- JT Ellison is a looker (that smile lit up the whole show floor!) but even more shes a watcher. How else could she write such a deliciously grisly thriller that gets right...
www.BookShorts.com -- Scott Griffin faced a life-changing decision at a breaking point in his business career: stay in Toronto and continue in the comfortable routine of life, or fly to Africa to...
www.bookshorts.com -- Two wonderful characters emerge from What Happened Later. The first is Jack Kerouac, fully-blown and reeling drunkenly through the cosmos. The second is Ray Robertson...
www.bookshorts.com -- Its a tragic book and a funny book, light and dark both says author Michael Winter about his fifth book, The Architects are Here, the first with publisher Penguin Group...
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