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Music and art are at the core of the curriculum. The film showcases the music of local musicians --primarily banjo and fiddle duo Curly Miller and Carole Anne Rose, and Strange Heroes. We follow the school from its founding more than twenty years ago to its new environmentally-inspired structure. Parents and teachers talk about the values they want to pass on to their children: peaceful conflict resolution, respect for people of all ages, a commitment to community, and a love for nature and life. |
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Headwaters: The School Away From Home goes to the Hot Springs Film Festival! doc in the true indie spirit. It's the little film that could about the little school that could. --Michael W. Dean, producer, Hubert Selby Jr."It/ll be Better Tomorrow." Headwaters: The School Away from Home shows at the Hot Springs Film Festival, October 23, at 10 am, and Sunday, Oct 29, at 3pm. Headwaters is a community in its most traditional sense: a larger family in rural Red Star, Arkansas. The school at its heart is a collective of parents who pool resources to overcome the shortcomings home-schoolers typically face. The film has screened in the Ozark Foothills Film Festival, the Southern Fried Film Festival and on the 2005 Student Showcase on AETN. A shorter version was published on the DVD accompanying Michael W. Dean's renouned work: The $30 Film School, Second Edition. Music and art are at the core of the curriculum. The film showcases the music of local musicians --primarily banjo and fiddle duo Curly Miller and Carole Anne Rose, and the local group, Strange Heroes. We follow the school from its founding more than twenty years ago to its new environmentally-inspired structure. Parents and teachers talk about the values they want to pass on to their children: peaceful conflict resolution, respect for people of all ages, personal responsibility, a commitment to community, and a love for nature and life. Copies of the film are available on DVD at the festival Saturday and Sunday October 28 and 29. For more information on producer Cynthia VanBibber and filmography see: http://www.nwatalent.com/cynthiav.htm. For more information on show times and other films at the Hot Springs Film Festival see http://www.hsdfi.org/filmlists/2006films.htm. Marketing of this film has been made possible through the generous support of: Ozark Natural Foods, Sweden Creek Farms, Sara Miller & Galen White, Jammin' Java, Bedford Camera & Video, Petra Café, Sound Warehouse, Bank of Fayetteville, Poet and Educator Clayton Scott, Kwik Kar, Dan and Debra Coody, David Blaisus, Rain Mako, Linden, Arlo and Miles, Dawn Fisher, Bob Billig, and Jacob Killian of nwa-web.com. In addition to shooting for the film, Nick Lohanick provided training and money for Web support. Special thanks for Jim Lukens of Multigrain Media who donated his time to fiscally sponsor this effort. For more information on sponsors, please see http://www.headwaters.nwa-web.com/?op=Sponsors. Credits - Producer, Writer, Editor: Cynthia VanBibber Camera: Nick Lohanick and Cynthia VanBibber Faculty Advisors: Dale Carpenter and Larry Foley Music: Curly Miller and Carole Anne Rose, Sara Miller, Miles Mako, and Strange Heroes  |
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