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film news:shadow puppets, sunscreen film festival, west 47th street

• Fresh from the James Marsters mailing list (yes, I’m a subscriber and proud of it): the MySpace page for the upcoming thriller/horror film Shadow Puppets (starring James Marsters, Tony Todd and Jolene Blalock) is now up: www.myspace.com/shadowpuppetsmovie
• The Sunscreen Film Festival (April 6-8) has posted its schedule and is selling tickets online.  There are some interesting short films scheduled!  Visit www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com to learn more.
• USF’s Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is hosting producer Bill Lichtenstein and screening his documentary West 47th Street at 7 p.m. on March 29 at the Dr. Blaise F. Alfano Conference and Banquet Center (across from USF at Fowler Ave. and McKinsey Dr.).  West 47th Street is the story of four people with serious mental illness who are members of Fountain House, a New York City psychiatric rehabilitation program.  The screening “will provide an excellent springboard for discussions about accommodation, acceptance, allocation of resources, and ultimately, about how our view of people with mental illness shapes their quality of life.”  Art will be on display and for sale by Bay area artists with mental and physical disabilities. Click here for more info.