Sara Stone

Chi-Town Pulse -- Chi-Town Pulse 2010 PG13 30 minutes Digital Filmmaker, Doug Operzedek, brings you his first short film, 'Chitown Pulse'. This original docu-fiction film takes you into the amazing blues dancing scene in Chicago. This film exposes some of the best blues talent and places the great windy city can offer. Follow this fictional story into the lives of two characters and their personal struggles. John, a well-dressed, blues traveler with a love of blues music, dancing, women and booze meets Sarah, a girl who has never experienced the blues scene, until now. Cast: John Joven, Sarah Basel, Shirley King the Daughter of the Blues, Debra Raich, Elana Hiller, Tom DeGroh, Julee Mertz, Nicolle Wood, Damon Stone, Sara Cherny, Orlando S. Cabalona Jr, Billy Stix Nicks, James Alexander, Rick Montana, Nevada Hadary, Ray Proctor, Carina Kak, Denise E Williams, Curtis Ellis, Alexander Ellis, Elisa Carlson, Jonathan Beato, Kumar Vairakkannu, Sean Morris, Melissa Cornelius, Stan Wozniak, Paul Babcock, Jen Knoedl, Julia Danno Crew: Marc Gerke, Ken Dabek, Ariane Menard, Brad Cornelius, Melissa Cornelius, Elizabeth Virsila, Brett Lasik, Teresa Operzedek, Sarah Operzedek Director: Doug Operzedek Genre: Docufiction Language: English Website: www.independentthinking.us

Josh (Drew Tyler Bell) comes to visit Sara (Leah Pipes) while she works.

The trailer for Return to Rajapur, a heartfelt tale of love and destiny, a rich drama set in the sand-swept terrains of Rajapur, a desert city in Northern India, ripe with centuries-old castles, eclectic desert camps, and vibrant Indian culture. In the lush and historic desert town of Rajapur, Samantha, a young American girl, has arrived to discover the truth about a mysterious man, Jai Singh, the Maharaja and owner of Nivas Palace. With only scattered photos, cryptic letters, and a strange colored stone to guide her search, Samantha slowly pieces together the story of her mother, Sara, and Jeremy Reardon, one-time guests of Jai Singh. As Sara and Jeremy s story unravels, we discover the forbidden love of Sara and Jai Singh. With the help of her new friend, Amar, Samantha learns of a climactic struggle in the desert that left Sara, Jeremy, and Jai at odds with each other and abandoned in a dangerous sand storm. History repeats itself as Samantha finds herself caught in another sandstorm, confused and devastated by her discovery. When Jai Singh saves her, Samantha discovers the unknown side of Jai Singh, and the truth about his involvement with her mother.

The Stone Angel is possibly the best-known of Margaret Laurence's series of novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. First published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, The Stone Angel tells the story of Hagar Currie Shipley, using parallel narratives set in the past and the present-day 1960s. In the present-day narrative, 90-year-old Hagar is struggling against being put in a nursing home, which she sees as a symbol of death. The present-day narrative alternates with Hagar looking back at her life. Although Margaret Laurence had been publishing fiction for a decade before The Stone Angel was published in 1964, it was this novel that first won her a wide and appreciative audience. When The Stone Angel was first published in 1964, most reviewers recognized it as a major achievement. Robertson Davies, in The New York Times Book Review, praised Laurence's insight into character as well as her 'freshness of approach her gift for significant detail. A reviewer for Time described The Stone Angel as 'one of the most convincing and the most touching portraits of an unregenerate sinner declining into senility since Sara Monday went to her reward in Joyce Cary's The Horse's Mouth.' The book, amongst other titles by Laurence, was banned by some school boards and high schools, usually following complaints from fundamentalist Christian groups labelling the book blasphemous and obscene. The Stone Angel has been translated into French, as L'Ange de pierre (Montr al, 1976), German, and eleven other languages. It was also selected for the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Leon Rooke.