I just stumbled across this link on the Louisville Film society website: http://www.louisvillefilm.org/community-cinema.html about a student-run independent movie theater at Fern Creek High School.

What a neat thing!

Since our radio station is in Fern Creek, it makes sense to work with the high school as best we can to help them publicize this, etc.

Send private message to frappyjohn

The next showing at Fern Creek High: THE EYES OF ME by Keith Maitland FEBRUARY 18, 2009 3:30PM & 6:00PM How do you see yourself, when you can't see at all? At the Texas School for the Blind students juggle all the usual pressures of high school along with the added struggles of growing up blind. Spend a dynamic year with four blind teens learning how to fit in and live independently. Forced to confront the world without sight, they share their inner-visions of the outer world. Ultimately, you cannot understand their perceptions without challenging your own.

Send private message to frappyjohn

More on this in today's Courier-Journal:

'Garbage Dreams' an eye-opener for Fern Creek students Teens view documentary

By Melissa Poore • mpoore@courier-journal.com • January 24, 2010

A new documentary that explores the lives of people who make a living collecting and recycling trash around Cairo, Egypt, had some students at Fern Creek Traditional High School exploring their impact on the environment.

The film “Garbage Dreams” by Mai Iskander was shown Thursday at Fern Creek High as part of a new cinema series organized by the school's film club, the Louisville Film Society and Kentucky Educational Television. Through the partnership, films are shown at the school a month before they're broadcast on KET. ...

Send private message to frappyjohn