♪ ♪ >>> COMING UP, WE'RE CONNECTING >>> COMING UP, WE'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH THE CREATIVITY AND YOU WITH THE CREATIVITY AND CULTURE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, CULTURE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AN INSTITUTE BEST INCLUDING AN INSTITUTE BEST KNOWN FOR TEACHING GIRLS HOW TO KNOWN FOR TEACHING GIRLS HOW TO ROCK.

ROCK.

>> I'M TEACHING THE ME I WAS >> I'M TEACHING THE ME I WAS WHEN I WAS 16 AND WE HAD NO WHEN I WAS 16 AND WE HAD NO SUPPORT.

SUPPORT.

>>> THE SPOOKY SEASON STARTS >>> THE SPOOKY SEASON STARTS EARLY WITH A COLLEGE-LEVEL EARLY WITH A COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSE IN HORROR MOVIES.

COURSE IN HORROR MOVIES.

>> IT'S GREAT COMMENTARY ABOUT >> IT'S GREAT COMMENTARY ABOUT THE EVIL THAT EXISTS BEHIND THE THE EVIL THAT EXISTS BEHIND THE FACADE OF THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT FACADE OF THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT SERBIA.

SERBIA.

>> -- SUBURBIA.

>> -- SUBURBIA.

>>> AND YAB YOUR CAPE AND LEAVE >>> AND YAB YOUR CAPE AND LEAVE YOUR SECRET IDENTITY BEHIND AS YOUR SECRET IDENTITY BEHIND AS COMIC-CON COMES TO SPRINGFIELD.

COMIC-CON COMES TO SPRINGFIELD.

>> I THINK THEY HIT THE BALL OFF >> I THINK THEY HIT THE BALL OFF THE IT -- OUT OF THE PARK.

THE IT -- OUT OF THE PARK.

>>> JOIN US FOR THOSE STORIES >>> JOIN US FOR THOSE STORIES AND MORE AS WE EXPLORE THE AND MORE AS WE EXPLORE THE CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY THAT MAKE US WESTERN COMMUNITY THAT MAKE US WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, UP NEXT ON NEW ENGLAND, UP NEXT ON "CONNECTING POINT."

"CONNECTING POINT."

>>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING >>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING POINT" PROVIDED BY OUR POINT" PROVIDED BY OUR CONTRIBUTING VIEWERS.

CONTRIBUTING VIEWERS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NEW >>> WELCOME AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING POINT," YOUR SOURCE FOR POINT," YOUR SOURCE FOR CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

EACH WEEK THIS SUMMER, WE'RE EACH WEEK THIS SUMMER, WE'RE EXPLORING ALL THAT WESTERN EXPLORING ALL THAT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND HAS TO OFFER, AND NEW ENGLAND HAS TO OFFER, AND TODAY WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM TODAY WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE HEART OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE HEART OF HAM DEB COUNTY -- HAMPDEN HAM DEB COUNTY -- HAMPDEN COUNTY.

COUNTY.

THE CITY HOSTS A NUMBER OF FIG THE CITY HOSTS A NUMBER OF FIG EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FROM EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FROM ITS FIRST PRIDE PARADE THIS ITS FIRST PRIDE PARADE THIS SPRING, TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPRING, TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST PANCAKE BREAKFAST, THE PARADE OF PANCAKE BREAKFAST, THE PARADE OF BIG BALLOONS, AND THE ANNUAL BIG BALLOONS, AND THE ANNUAL BRIGHT NIGHTS CELEBRATION WHICH BRIGHT NIGHTS CELEBRATION WHICH RINGS IN THE HOLIDAYS EACH RINGS IN THE HOLIDAYS EACH DECEMBER.

DECEMBER.

BUT THIS SUMMER PEOPLE CAME TO BUT THIS SUMMER PEOPLE CAME TO THE CITY FROM ALL OVER FOR A THE CITY FROM ALL OVER FOR A FESTIVAL THAT HAS ITS ROOTS IN FESTIVAL THAT HAS ITS ROOTS IN COMIC BOOKS AND SUPERHEROES, BUT COMIC BOOKS AND SUPERHEROES, BUT HAS BECOME SO MUCH MORE.

HAS BECOME SO MUCH MORE.

COMIC-CON BEGAN IN 1970 IN COMIC-CON BEGAN IN 1970 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AS THE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AS THE GOLDEN STATE COMIC BOOK GOLDEN STATE COMIC BOOK CONVENTION AND HAS SINCE GONE ON CONVENTION AND HAS SINCE GONE ON TO BECOME AN ANNUAL TO BECOME AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EVENT.

INTERNATIONAL EVENT.

IT'S WHERE POP CULTURE FROM IT'S WHERE POP CULTURE FROM MOVIES TO VIDEO GAMES, COMIC MOVIES TO VIDEO GAMES, COMIC BOOKS, AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN BOOKS, AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN IS CELEBRATED, OFTENTIMES WITH IS CELEBRATED, OFTENTIMES WITH LAVISH COSTUMES AND LIVE ACTION LAVISH COSTUMES AND LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAY.

ROLE PLAY.

AFTER BEING CANCELED IN 2020 AND AFTER BEING CANCELED IN 2020 AND 2021, COMIC-CON FINALLY MADE IT 2021, COMIC-CON FINALLY MADE IT TO SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, TO SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WAS MET BY AN EAGER AND WAS MET BY AN EAGER AUDIENCE.

AUDIENCE.

"CONNECTING POINT'S" BRIAN -- "CONNECTING POINT'S" BRIAN -- BRIAN SULLIVAN WAS THERE AND BRIAN SULLIVAN WAS THERE AND BRINGS US THE STORY.

BRINGS US THE STORY.

>> IT'S 10:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY, >> IT'S 10:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY, JULY 2 THATRD, OUTSIDE THE MASS JULY 2 THATRD, OUTSIDE THE MASS NEW -- MUTUAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN NEW -- MUTUAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD.

SPRINGFIELD.

IT'S WHERE THE UNUSUAL IS THE IT'S WHERE THE UNUSUAL IS THE USUAL IN HIGHLIGHT, AGE, GENDER, USUAL IN HIGHLIGHT, AGE, GENDER, BACKGROUND ARE NOT DETERMINING BACKGROUND ARE NOT DETERMINING FACTORS ON WHO CAN GET INVOLVED.

FACTORS ON WHO CAN GET INVOLVED.

WHILE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN AROUND WHILE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE EARLY 1970s, THE SINCE THE EARLY 1970s, THE CITY WAS ENJOYING IT FOR THE CITY WAS ENJOYING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS HOT MID FIRST TIME ON THIS HOT MID SUMMER'S DAY.

SUMMER'S DAY.

FOR THE LOOK OF THINGS, IT FOR THE LOOK OF THINGS, IT APPEARS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID APPEARS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO MISS.

NOT WANT TO MISS.

>> BEING THE FIRST BIG EVENT >> BEING THE FIRST BIG EVENT THAT SPRINGFIELD HAS HAD LIKE THAT SPRINGFIELD HAS HAD LIKE THIS COMIC-CON, IT'S GENERATING THIS COMIC-CON, IT'S GENERATING A LOT OF BUZZ.

A LOT OF BUZZ.

THE EXPECTATION WAS PRETTY HIGH THE EXPECTATION WAS PRETTY HIGH AND I THINK THEY HIT THE BALL AND I THINK THEY HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK.

OUT OF THE PARK.

>> VISUALLY, THE COMMITTEE >> VISUALLY, THE COMMITTEE DELIVERED.

DELIVERED.

WILD COSTUMES, COMIC BOOKS, WILD COSTUMES, COMIC BOOKS, FIGURINES, PLUSH TOYS, ANIME FIGURINES, PLUSH TOYS, ANIME ART, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

ART, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

CHANCES ARE IT WAS HERE -- IT CHANCES ARE IT WAS HERE -- IT WAS KIND OF EVENT WHERE, IF WAS KIND OF EVENT WHERE, IF ANYONE EXPECTED TO FIND IRONMAN ANYONE EXPECTED TO FIND IRONMAN ROCKING OUT TO A BAND PLAYING ROCKING OUT TO A BAND PLAYING IRONMAN, THEY WOULDN'T BE IRONMAN, THEY WOULDN'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

DISAPPOINTED.

ONE SURPRISES, HOWEVER, WAS THE ONE SURPRISES, HOWEVER, WAS THE NUMBER OF CHARITABLE NUMBER OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED.

ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED.

WE FOUND A COUPLE OF THEM ON THE WE FOUND A COUPLE OF THEM ON THE PERIMETER OF THE ROOM.

PERIMETER OF THE ROOM.

>> ALL OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING >> ALL OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THE DROIDS, WE'VE BUILT, WITH THE DROIDS, WE'VE BUILT, THE COSTUMES THAT WE'VE DONE, THE COSTUMES THAT WE'VE DONE, ALL OF THEM ARE DONE THROUGH THE ALL OF THEM ARE DONE THROUGH THE TALENT AND THE ABILITY OF ALL OF TALENT AND THE ABILITY OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE GROUP, AND NO KITS INVOLVED.

GROUP, AND NO KITS INVOLVED.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM DISNEY OR GETTING FROM DISNEY OR LUCASFILMS, BUT EVERYTHING WE DO LUCASFILMS, BUT EVERYTHING WE DO THEY PUT THEIR THUMB OF APPROVAL THEY PUT THEIR THUMB OF APPROVAL ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT THE GENRE APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT THE GENRE AND SUPPORT THE CHARITIES.

AND SUPPORT THE CHARITIES.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SEX >> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SEX APPEAL.

APPEAL.

YEAH.

YEAH.

EVERYBODY LOVES A GHOST BUSTER!

EVERYBODY LOVES A GHOST BUSTER!

[LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] NO.

NO.

THE MOVIES, I GREW ONE THE THE MOVIES, I GREW ONE THE MOVIES.

MOVIES.

AND THERE'S BEEN A RESURGENCE, AND THERE'S BEEN A RESURGENCE, ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE "GHOST ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE "GHOST BUTTERS AFTER LIFE CAME OUT," BUTTERS AFTER LIFE CAME OUT," THERE'S A WHOLE GENERATION THERE'S A WHOLE GENERATION GETTING INTO IT.

GETTING INTO IT.

>> AS AN SOUTHER, ANOTHER >> AS AN SOUTHER, ANOTHER SURPRISE WAS SOUTH BEACH OF A SURPRISE WAS SOUTH BEACH OF A FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT THIS WAS.

FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT THIS WAS.

AND THAT APPLIES NOT ONLY TO AND THAT APPLIES NOT ONLY TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE BUT ALSO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE BUT ALSO THOSE BEHIND THE VENDING TABLES, THOSE BEHIND THE VENDING TABLES, WHERE WE FOUND THIS FATHER AND WHERE WE FOUND THIS FATHER AND SON COMIC BOOK CREATING TEAM SON COMIC BOOK CREATING TEAM FROM THE BOSTON AREA.

FROM THE BOSTON AREA.

THE SON DOES THE ILLUSTRATING, THE SON DOES THE ILLUSTRATING, THE DAD DOES THE WRITING, AND THE DAD DOES THE WRITING, AND THE RESPONSE TO THIS THE RESPONSE TO THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT HAS BEEN COLLABORATIVE EFFORT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

INCREDIBLE.

>> OUR COMICS ARE ABOUT COPS AND >> OUR COMICS ARE ABOUT COPS AND ROBBERS IN BOSTON.

ROBBERS IN BOSTON.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE BAD COP THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE BAD COP AND GOOD COP, EXCEPT THE THING AND GOOD COP, EXCEPT THE THING IS BAD COP IS A LITTLE BIT GOOD IS BAD COP IS A LITTLE BIT GOOD AND GOOD COP IS A LITTLE BIT AND GOOD COP IS A LITTLE BIT BAD.

BAD.

WE HAVE A BOOK SERIES WHERE WE HAVE A BOOK SERIES WHERE THERE'S NO -- WHERE EVERYBODY IS THERE'S NO -- WHERE EVERYBODY IS A PROTAGONIST AND THE ANTAGONIST A PROTAGONIST AND THE ANTAGONIST SAY.

SAY.

>> -- AT THE SAME TIME.

>> -- AT THE SAME TIME.

>> I THINK IT'S FUN TO HAVE >> I THINK IT'S FUN TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO DO WITH SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO DO WITH YOUR KIDS.

YOUR KIDS.

I HAVE A DOUBT AND SHE LIKES I HAVE A DOUBT AND SHE LIKES SOFTBALL AND WE PLAY CATCH.

SOFTBALL AND WE PLAY CATCH.

I WANTED TO SUPPORT HIS TALRENT I WANTED TO SUPPORT HIS TALRENT AND HIS HARD WORK AT IT.

AND HIS HARD WORK AT IT.

>> WHILE THE NESTIVITIES >> WHILE THE NESTIVITIES CONTINUED ON INSIDE -- CONTINUED ON INSIDE -- FESTIVITIES CONTINUED ON INSIDE, FESTIVITIES CONTINUED ON INSIDE, WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A LOOK WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE TO SEE IF THE LINES HAVE OUTSIDE TO SEE IF THE LINES HAVE THINNED OUT.

THINNED OUT.

QUITE THE OPTION.

QUITE THE OPTION.

NOT ONLY WERE THEY STILL THERE NOT ONLY WERE THEY STILL THERE TWO HOURS AFTER OPENING, BUT TWO HOURS AFTER OPENING, BUT THEY HAD INCREASED IN SIZE.

THEY HAD INCREASED IN SIZE.

I DIDN'T DO AN OFFICIAL HEAD I DIDN'T DO AN OFFICIAL HEAD COUNT, BUT THIS LINE STARTS ON COUNT, BUT THIS LINE STARTS ON MAIN STREET, COMES UP STATE MAIN STREET, COMES UP STATE STREET, AND HERE WE ARE ON STREET, AND HERE WE ARE ON DWIGHT STREET.

DWIGHT STREET.

SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 500 AND 800 SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 500 AND 800 PEOPLE STILL WAITING TO GET IN PEOPLE STILL WAITING TO GET IN AND THERE ARE 2,000 OR SO PEOPLE AND THERE ARE 2,000 OR SO PEOPLE INSIDE.

INSIDE.

GIS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR -- GIS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR -- I GUESS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR I GUESS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TWO A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TWO YEARS FOR IT TO COME.

YEARS FOR IT TO COME.

JUST FEELING THE COOL BREEZE, JUST FEELING THE COOL BREEZE, MAY HAVE MADE THE LONG WAIT MAY HAVE MADE THE LONG WAIT WORTH IT.

WORTH IT.

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CONCERNS EARLIER OVER CAPACITY, BUT IN EARLIER OVER CAPACITY, BUT IN THE END ALL TICKET HOLDERS MADE THE END ALL TICKET HOLDERS MADE IT INSIDE.

IT INSIDE.

AS FOR THE VENDORS,YES, THE GOAL AS FOR THE VENDORS,YES, THE GOAL IS TO SELL THEIR WARES AND MAYBE IS TO SELL THEIR WARES AND MAYBE MAKE A PROFIT.

MAKE A PROFIT.

BUT AT THE CORE IS A GOOD TIME BUT AT THE CORE IS A GOOD TIME FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

>> IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT HAVING FUN, >> IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT HAVING FUN, MAKING CONNECTIONS, AND FINDING MAKING CONNECTIONS, AND FINDING NEW READERS AND JUST SORT OF -- NEW READERS AND JUST SORT OF -- I LIKE THE REACTION HE GETS -- I LIKE THE REACTION HE GETS -- PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S THE ARTIST WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE ARTIST WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE TABLE.

TABLE.

THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BOOKS, AND I SAY, THIS IS MY BOOKS, AND I SAY, THIS IS MY 11-YEAR-OLD SON.

11-YEAR-OLD SON.

HE DOES ALL THE ART AND THEY HE DOES ALL THE ART AND THEY LIGHT UP.

LIGHT UP.

AND IT'S FUN TO SEE HIM GET THAT AND IT'S FUN TO SEE HIM GET THAT REACTION, BECAUSE KIDS WHO PLAY REACTION, BECAUSE KIDS WHO PLAY SPORTS HAVE A MILLION WAYS, GET SPORTS HAVE A MILLION WAYS, GET TROPHIES AND APPLAUSE, BUT THIS TROPHIES AND APPLAUSE, BUT THIS IS SORT OF HIS ARENA TO REALLY IS SORT OF HIS ARENA TO REALLY SHINE.

SHINE.

>> I MAKE MY MONEY BACK, I'M >> I MAKE MY MONEY BACK, I'M COOL WITH THAT.

COOL WITH THAT.

IF I MEET SOME COOL PEOPLE, IF I MEET SOME COOL PEOPLE, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

HAVING FUN, GETTING MY NAME OUT HAVING FUN, GETTING MY NAME OUT THERE, HAVING MAYBE SOMEBODY THERE, HAVING MAYBE SOMEBODY DISCOVER ME AS AN ARTIST WOULD DISCOVER ME AS AN ARTIST WOULD BE A WIN.

BE A WIN.

BUT I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.

BUT I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.

>> AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT >> AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY PEOPLE LOVE COMIC-CON AND WHY PEOPLE LOVE COMIC-CON AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM IN A WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM IN A DIGITAL EXTRA.

DIGITAL EXTRA.

>> COMIC-CON IS, YOU KNOW, >> COMIC-CON IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, ENGAGE WITH THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY LOVE, THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY LOVE, PEOPLE LIKE TO DRESS UP, CHECK PEOPLE LIKE TO DRESS UP, CHECK OUT NEW INDEPENDENT CREATORS OUT NEW INDEPENDENT CREATORS LIKE US, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.

LIKE US, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S AN EVENT FOR US TO GET OUR IT'S AN EVENT FOR US TO GET OUR WORK OUT IN FRONT -- AN WORK OUT IN FRONT -- AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUR WORK OUT IN FRONT OF NEW PEOPLE.

WORK OUT IN FRONT OF NEW PEOPLE.

>> YOU CAN FIND THAT DIGITAL >> YOU CAN FIND THAT DIGITAL EXTRA AND SO MUCH MORE RIGHT NOW EXTRA AND SO MUCH MORE RIGHT NOW ON NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

ON NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

>>> THE LAVA CENTER AND >>> THE LAVA CENTER AND GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAVE PARTNERED UP TO GET A HEAD HAVE PARTNERED UP TO GET A HEAD START IN WELCOMING THE SPOOKY START IN WELCOMING THE SPOOKY SEASON.

SEASON.

FOR SIX WEEKS, CGG PROFESSOR FOR SIX WEEKS, CGG PROFESSOR LILLIAN RUIZ OFFERED AN LILLIAN RUIZ OFFERED AN UNCREDITED MINI COURSE FOR THE UNCREDITED MINI COURSE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THE LAVA CENTER COMMUNITY AT THE LAVA CENTER ENTITLED, "THE HORROR FILM IN ENTITLED, "THE HORROR FILM IN MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE."

MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE."

THE CLASS OFFERED SIX DIFFERENT THE CLASS OFFERED SIX DIFFERENT ICONIC HORROR FILMS THROUGHOUT ICONIC HORROR FILMS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES FOR THE STUDENT TO THE DECADES FOR THE STUDENT TO WATCH AND REVIEW.

WATCH AND REVIEW.

I SPOKE WITH RUIZ TO LEARN MORE I SPOKE WITH RUIZ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COURSE.

ABOUT THE COURSE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALK >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALK ABOUT IN MY CLASS IS THE REASON ABOUT IN MY CLASS IS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTIVE TO WHY PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTIVE TO THIS PARTICULAR GENRE.

THIS PARTICULAR GENRE.

AND I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO AND I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH CA THERE ARE SIS, WHICH DO WITH CA THERE ARE SIS, WHICH IS -- CA THERE'SIS, WHICH IS A IS -- CA THERE'SIS, WHICH IS A GRIEK TOARM OF PURGING EMOTIONS GRIEK TOARM OF PURGING EMOTIONS AND -- GREEK TERM OF PURGING AND -- GREEK TERM OF PURGING EMOTIONS.

EMOTIONS.

THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT IN A THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT IN A SAFE WAY AND PURGE THEM, SO THAT SAFE WAY AND PURGE THEM, SO THAT AT TENDING WE FOUND A WAY TO AT TENDING WE FOUND A WAY TO ADDRESS THOSE FEARS OR TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE FEARS OR TRY TO CONFRONT THEM.

CONFRONT THEM.

>> SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT >> SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MINI COURSE THAT ABOUT THIS MINI COURSE THAT HAPPENS THIS SUMMER.

HAPPENS THIS SUMMER.

OVER THE SIX WEEKS YOU OVER THE SIX WEEKS YOU INTERVIEWED AND DISCUSS SIX INTERVIEWED AND DISCUSS SIX DIFFERENT FILMS.

DIFFERENT FILMS.

TELL ME ABOUT THE FILMS AND WHY TELL ME ABOUT THE FILMS AND WHY THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU WANTED TO THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.

SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> SO I STARTED WITH THE CABINET >> SO I STARTED WITH THE CABINET OF DR. CALI GS GARI, WHICH CAME OF DR. CALI GS GARI, WHICH CAME OUT IN THE 1920s.

OUT IN THE 1920s.

AND IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE AND IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH HORROR FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH HORROR FILM.

FILM.

IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMENTARY ON IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMENTARY ON SOME OF THE POLITICAL ANXIETIES SOME OF THE POLITICAL ANXIETIES AND TENSIONS OF THE TIME.

AND TENSIONS OF THE TIME.

IT'S A GERMAN FILM.

IT'S A GERMAN FILM.

AND IT'S ALSO A WONDERFUL AND IT'S ALSO A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM.

EXAMPLE OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM.

SO VISUALLY IT'S A FUNNELING SO VISUALLY IT'S A FUNNELING FILM -- STUNNING FILM.

FILM -- STUNNING FILM.

BUT IT OFTENTIMES IS READ AS A BUT IT OFTENTIMES IS READ AS A FILM THAT'S A COMMENTARY ABOUT FILM THAT'S A COMMENTARY ABOUT AUTHORIZE TAISHISM AND -- AUTHORIZE TAISHISM AND -- AUTHORIZE TARINNISM.

AUTHORIZE TARINNISM.

AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO "DRACULA."

"DRACULA."

AND IT'S CONSIDERED THE FIRST AND IT'S CONSIDERED THE FIRST AMERICAN HORROR FILM.

AMERICAN HORROR FILM.

SO THAT ALSO SEEMED TO BE A VERY SO THAT ALSO SEEMED TO BE A VERY OBVIOUS FIT.

OBVIOUS FIT.

AND "DRACULA ASK THE HAS BEEN AND "DRACULA ASK THE HAS BEEN READ IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT BASIS, READ IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT BASIS, BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S TALKING BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE FEAR OF THE OTHER OR ABOUT THE FEAR OF THE OTHER OR THE FEAR OF THE OUTSIDER AS THE FEAR OF THE OUTSIDER AS DRACULA AND HAS KIND OF A DRACULA AND HAS KIND OF A REVERSE COLONIALISM AND REVERSE COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM AS HE ATTACKS THE IMPERIALISM AS HE ATTACKS THE BRITISH COMING FROM A DIFFERENT BRITISH COMING FROM A DIFFERENT NATION.

NATION.

AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO "INVASION OF THE BODY "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS."

SNATCHERS."

AND THAT FILM BLENDS INTO THE AND THAT FILM BLENDS INTO THE SCIENCE FICTION GENERAL RE.

SCIENCE FICTION GENERAL RE.

BUT -- GENRE.

BUT -- GENRE.

BUT SALS A GREAT COMMENTARY ON BUT SALS A GREAT COMMENTARY ON FEAR OF COMIEWSMISM IN FEAR OF COMIEWSMISM IN AMERICA -- COMMUNISM IN AMERICA.

AMERICA -- COMMUNISM IN AMERICA.

AND WE WENT TO THE 1960s.

AND WE WENT TO THE 1960s.

AND IN MY COURSE I WOULD AND IN MY COURSE I WOULD NORMALLY DO TWO CLASSES.

NORMALLY DO TWO CLASSES.

"PSYCHO" FOR THE BEGINNING OF "PSYCHO" FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE 1960s AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 1960s AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH ISOLATIONISM AND HAPPENS WITH ISOLATIONISM AND HOW IT LEADS TO MENTAL HOW IT LEADS TO MENTAL DETERIORATION.

DETERIORATION.

BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOVE OF BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOVE OF CLASS, WE ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT CLASS, WE ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD," "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD," WHICH HELPED TO BRING ABOUT THE WHICH HELPED TO BRING ABOUT THE WHOLE GENRE OF ZOMBIES BUT IT WHOLE GENRE OF ZOMBIES BUT IT ALSO FEATURED A BLACK MALE LEAD, ALSO FEATURED A BLACK MALE LEAD, WHICH WAS REVOLUTIONARY FOR THE WHICH WAS REVOLUTIONARY FOR THE TIME PERIOD.

TIME PERIOD.

AND HE WAS THE HERO.

AND HE WAS THE HERO.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.

COULD TALK ABOUT.

IT'S ALSO A FILM AS GEORGE IT'S ALSO A FILM AS GEORGE ROMERO SAYS WHO IS THE DIRECTOR ROMERO SAYS WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" ABOUT REVOLUTION, BECAUSE THE ABOUT REVOLUTION, BECAUSE THE '60S WERE SUCH TURBULENT TIME.

'60S WERE SUCH TURBULENT TIME.

AND THEN WE WENT FORWARD TO AND THEN WE WENT FORWARD TO ACTUALLY A FILM FROM THE LATE ACTUALLY A FILM FROM THE LATE OUR 70s, BUT I USE IT AS A OUR 70s, BUT I USE IT AS A REPRESENTATION OF THE 1980s.

REPRESENTATION OF THE 1980s.

SO I CHEAT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT.

SO I CHEAT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT.

AND FOR THIS PARTICULARLY FILM, AND FOR THIS PARTICULARLY FILM, "HALLOWEEN," WE TALK ABOUT HOW "HALLOWEEN," WE TALK ABOUT HOW ICONIC THIS FILM IS.

ICONIC THIS FILM IS.

AND IT HELPS TO ESTABLISH NOT AND IT HELPS TO ESTABLISH NOT JUST MANY OF THE TROPES THAT WE JUST MANY OF THE TROPES THAT WE THINK OF THE SLASHER FILMS, BUT THINK OF THE SLASHER FILMS, BUT IT'S A GREAT COMMENTARY ABOUT IT'S A GREAT COMMENTARY ABOUT THE EVIL THAT EXISTS BEHIND THE THE EVIL THAT EXISTS BEHIND THE FACADE OF THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT FACADE OF THE SEEMINGLY PERFECT SUBURBIA.

SUBURBIA.

AND IT ALSO HELPS TO ESTABLISH AND IT ALSO HELPS TO ESTABLISH THIS IDEA OF THE FINAL GIRL, A THIS IDEA OF THE FINAL GIRL, A HEROINE WHO SURVIVES AT THE END, HEROINE WHO SURVIVES AT THE END, SO WE SEE A LEVEL OF STRENGTH SO WE SEE A LEVEL OF STRENGTH AND INDEPENDENCE.

AND INDEPENDENCE.

BUT THAT ALSO IS MITIGATED BY BUT THAT ALSO IS MITIGATED BY THE ANXIETIES AND FEARS AND THE ANXIETIES AND FEARS AND BRUTALITIES THAT SHE HAS TO BRUTALITIES THAT SHE HAS TO CONFRONT OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONFRONT OVER THE COURSE OF THE FILM.

FILM.

AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO "GET AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO "GET OUT."

OUT."

BY JORDAN PEELE, WHICH IS THE BY JORDAN PEELE, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THIS CLASS EXISTS.

REASON WHY THIS CLASS EXISTS.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW THAT FILM AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT FILM AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH IT, I SAW IT IN THE WITH IT, I SAW IT IN THE THEATER, THAT I THOUGHT TO THEATER, THAT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE MYSELF, WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE THEATER, THAT I HAVE TO FIND A THEATER, THAT I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO CONSTRUCT THE CLASS THAT WAY TO CONSTRUCT THE CLASS THAT COULD FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR COULD FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR FILM, WHICH IS A COMMENTARY ON FILM, WHICH IS A COMMENTARY ON RACISM THAT EXISTED POST-OBAMA RACISM THAT EXISTED POST-OBAMA ELECTION.

ELECTION.

AND AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT, AND AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT, 2016, 2017, THERE WAS THE HOPE 2016, 2017, THERE WAS THE HOPE THAT WE WERE LIVING IN A POST THAT WE WERE LIVING IN A POST RACIAL AMERICA.

RACIAL AMERICA.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE, VERY SADLY, AND WE'VE SEEN THE VERY SADLY, AND WE'VE SEEN THE BACKLASH TO THAT ELECTION.

BACKLASH TO THAT ELECTION.

BUT IT ALSO IS A BRILLIANT FILM.

BUT IT ALSO IS A BRILLIANT FILM.

IT'S VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS.

IT'S VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS.

VERY LITERARY, VERY DELIBERATE.

VERY LITERARY, VERY DELIBERATE.

AND JORDAN PEELE WAS THE FIRST AND JORDAN PEELE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.

TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP HOW >> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP HOW ICONIC IT WAS FOR THIS ERA, ICONIC IT WAS FOR THIS ERA, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THAT I BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THAT I WATCHED AND I HAD TO COME HOME WATCHED AND I HAD TO COME HOME AND START SEARCHING LIKECISM AND START SEARCHING LIKECISM BLISM AND -- LIKE SYMBOLISM AND BLISM AND -- LIKE SYMBOLISM AND HOW IT RELATESES TO SOCIETY AND HOW IT RELATESES TO SOCIETY AND THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD HOW DEEP THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD HOW DEEP THE HORROR FILMS CAN BE.

THE HORROR FILMS CAN BE.

DO YOU THINK PEOPLE OVERLOOK HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE OVERLOOK HOW IMPORTANT THIS GENRE IS?

IMPORTANT THIS GENRE IS?

>> I THINK THEY DO.

>> I THINK THEY DO.

I THINK IT COMES WITH THE I THINK IT COMES WITH THE NEGATIVE STIGMA.

NEGATIVE STIGMA.

AND LIKE ANY OTHER GENRE, AND LIKE ANY OTHER GENRE, THERE'S QUALITY AND THEN THERE THERE'S QUALITY AND THEN THERE ALSO IS NOT QUALITY.

ALSO IS NOT QUALITY.

SO YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

SO YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE.

BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OFTENTIMES IS THINGS THAT OFTENTIMES IS IGNORED ABOUT THIS GENRE, HOW IT IGNORED ABOUT THIS GENRE, HOW IT REPRESENTS THE OTHER, THAT WHICH REPRESENTS THE OTHER, THAT WHICH IS DIFFERENT AND HOW WE FEAR IS DIFFERENT AND HOW WE FEAR DIFFERENCE AS A CULTURE.

DIFFERENCE AS A CULTURE.

AND THAT I THINK DIRECTLY AND THAT I THINK DIRECTLY CONNECTS WITH THINGS LIKE WHAT CONNECTS WITH THINGS LIKE WHAT WE CALL THE ISISMS.

WE CALL THE ISISMS.

RACISM, CLASSISM, AGEISM.

RACISM, CLASSISM, AGEISM.

THERE ARE HORROR FILMS THERE ARE HORROR FILMS WONDERFULLY FILMED.

WONDERFULLY FILMED.

YOU THINK ABOUT "PSYCHO," YOU THINK ABOUT "PSYCHO," THEY'RE JUST A WONDERFUL -- BOTH THEY'RE JUST A WONDERFUL -- BOTH ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF FILM ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF FILM TECHNIQUES, SO IF YOU APPRECIATE TECHNIQUES, SO IF YOU APPRECIATE CINEMA, IF SOMETHING IS DONE CINEMA, IF SOMETHING IS DONE WELL, THEN YOU CAN APPRECIATE WELL, THEN YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE FILMING OF IT, NOT THE FILMING OF IT, NOT NECESSARILY THE STORY OF IT.

NECESSARILY THE STORY OF IT.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> THE INSTITUTE FOR THE >>> THE INSTITUTE FOR THE MUSICAL ARTS IS A NONPROFIT THAT MUSICAL ARTS IS A NONPROFIT THAT SERVES AS A WOMEN'S RETREAT, SERVES AS A WOMEN'S RETREAT, SCOOT -- SCHOOL, AND RECORDING SCOOT -- SCHOOL, AND RECORDING STUDIO, BUT WHAT THEY'RE BEST STUDIO, BUT WHAT THEY'RE BEST KNOWN FOR IS HOSTING A ROCK AND KNOWN FOR IS HOSTING A ROCK AND ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS.

ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS.

THIS AUGUST THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THIS AUGUST THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THEIR 35TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A THEIR 35TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A FESTIVAL HELD AT THEIR GOSHEN FESTIVAL HELD AT THEIR GOSHEN COMPOUND, AND PRODUCER DAVE COMPOUND, AND PRODUCER DAVE FRASER BRINGS US THE STORY.

FRASER BRINGS US THE STORY.

♪ [SINGING] ♪ ♪ [SINGING] ♪ >> IT'S EARLY IN THE WEEK OF A >> IT'S EARLY IN THE WEEK OF A 10-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE 10-DAY SUMMER PROGRAM AT THE INSTITUTE FOR MUSICAL ARTS IN INSTITUTE FOR MUSICAL ARTS IN GOSHEN.

GOSHEN.

12 TEENAGE GIRLS ARE IN EVELYN 12 TEENAGE GIRLS ARE IN EVELYN HARRIS' VOCAL CLASS.

HARRIS' VOCAL CLASS.

MOST ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME MOST ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WANT TO EXPAND THEIR IT IN AND WANT TO EXPAND THEIR IT IN MUSIC.

MUSIC.

>> MUSIC MAKES ME REALLY, REALLY >> MUSIC MAKES ME REALLY, REALLY HAPPY.

HAPPY.

I HAVE HAD LIKE MUSIC IN MY LIFE I HAVE HAD LIKE MUSIC IN MY LIFE EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.

EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.

>> EVEN IF YOU CAN'T PURSUE IT >> EVEN IF YOU CAN'T PURSUE IT AT A -- PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, I AT A -- PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, I DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP PLAYING.

DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP PLAYING.

>> I'VE BEEN SINGING BASICALLY >> I'VE BEEN SINGING BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE, SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL MY LIFE, SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST MY THING.

JUST MY THING.

I ALSO PLAY GUITAR.

I ALSO PLAY GUITAR.

>> LOCATED ON A 200-YEAR-OLD >> LOCATED ON A 200-YEAR-OLD FARM, THE INSTITUTE WAS FARM, THE INSTITUTE WAS CO-FOUNDED BY ANN HACKLER AND CO-FOUNDED BY ANN HACKLER AND JUNE MILLINGTON.

JUNE MILLINGTON.

MILLINGTON HAS BEEN CALLED ONE MILLINGTON HAS BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE GODMOTHERS OF CHICK ROCK.

OF THE GODMOTHERS OF CHICK ROCK.

A FITTING NICKNAME WHERE WITH A FITTING NICKNAME WHERE WITH HER SISTER JEAN, TURNED -- FUN HER SISTER JEAN, TURNED -- FUN OF THE FIRST TO SIGN WITH A OF THE FIRST TO SIGN WITH A MAJOR RECORD LABEL.

MAJOR RECORD LABEL.

>> I REALIZED THE SECOND YEAR WE >> I REALIZED THE SECOND YEAR WE WERE DOING IT, I AM FEEDING ME!

WERE DOING IT, I AM FEEDING ME!

I'M TEACHING THE ME I WAS WHEN I I'M TEACHING THE ME I WAS WHEN I WAS 16 AND WE HAD NO SUPPORT.

WAS 16 AND WE HAD NO SUPPORT.

♪ [SINGING] ♪ ♪ [SINGING] ♪ >> YES!

>> YES!

WE'LL WORK ON THAT PHRASING.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT PHRASING.

>> SOME OF THEM, YEAH, THEY'RE >> SOME OF THEM, YEAH, THEY'RE REAL SHY.

REAL SHY.

AND THEY NEED TO BREAK OUT THAT AND THEY NEED TO BREAK OUT THAT HAVE SHYNESS AND MUSIC IS A HAVE SHYNESS AND MUSIC IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT GREAT WAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT SHINES A LIGHT ON YOU, ON SHINES A LIGHT ON YOU, ON YOURSELF.

YOURSELF.

WE STARTED OUT WORKING WITH WE STARTED OUT WORKING WITH PEERS JUST WOMEN IN MUSIC, PEERS JUST WOMEN IN MUSIC, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPACE FOR BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPACE FOR WOMEN AT ALL.

WOMEN AT ALL.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE SAW AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE SAW THAT -- IT WAS MEDICINE FOR THAT -- IT WAS MEDICINE FOR KIDS.

KIDS.

THIS MUSIC.

THIS MUSIC.

AND FOR GIRLS.

AND FOR GIRLS.

AND REALLY, REALLY EMPOWERING AND REALLY, REALLY EMPOWERING AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 20 WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 20 YEARS AGO NOW.

YEARS AGO NOW.

>> VIA IS FROM BELCHER TOWN AND >> VIA IS FROM BELCHER TOWN AND HAS BEEN COMING HERE SINCE HE HAS BEEN COMING HERE SINCE HE WAS TEARING -- 12 YEARS OLD.

WAS TEARING -- 12 YEARS OLD.

>> I STARTED PLUMS.

>> I STARTED PLUMS.

-- DRUMS.

-- DRUMS.

I FIXED UP PIANO AND THEN I FIXED UP PIANO AND THEN GUITAR.

GUITAR.

>> I THOUGHT THE PICTURES OF THE >> I THOUGHT THE PICTURES OF THE PLACE LOOKED REALLY COOL BECAUSE PLACE LOOKED REALLY COOL BECAUSE I LIKE THIS SORT OF AREA.

I LIKE THIS SORT OF AREA.

I LIKE BEING OUTSIDE.

I LIKE BEING OUTSIDE.

AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PRESSURE OF LIVING AROUND BOYS.

PRESSURE OF LIVING AROUND BOYS.

>> ALONG WITH THE MORNING VOCAL >> ALONG WITH THE MORNING VOCAL CLASS, THE GIRLS LEARN DRUMS AND CLASS, THE GIRLS LEARN DRUMS AND PERCUSSION AND MUSIC THEORY.

PERCUSSION AND MUSIC THEORY.

AT NIGHT THEY CAN TAKE PRIVATE AT NIGHT THEY CAN TAKE PRIVATE LESSONS IN A BARN, WHICH DOUBLES LESSONS IN A BARN, WHICH DOUBLES AS A RECORDING COMPLEX, WITH AS A RECORDING COMPLEX, WITH INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS, INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS, ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GETART -- ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GETART -- GUITARS AND GRANT PIANO.

GUITARS AND GRANT PIANO.

>> THEIR DOING THEY'RE -- >> THEIR DOING THEY'RE -- THEY'RE DOING THEIR BONDING THEY'RE DOING THEIR BONDING TIME.

TIME.

THERE'S A LOT OF JUST SORT OF THERE'S A LOT OF JUST SORT OF GETTING IT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.

GETTING IT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW.

LIKE WHAT'S POSSIBLE HERE, YOU LIKE WHAT'S POSSIBLE HERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG, HUGE KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG, HUGE LEAP THAT THEY'RE TAKING RIGHT LEAP THAT THEY'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW.

NOW.

>> THE WEEK CULLIN NATES WITH -- >> THE WEEK CULLIN NATES WITH -- CULMINATES WITH A CONCERT THEY CULMINATES WITH A CONCERT THEY PERFORM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

PERFORM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

♪ I GUESS YOU'D SAY ♪ I GUESS YOU'D SAY WHAT CAN MAKE ME FEEL THIS WAY ♪ WHAT CAN MAKE ME FEEL THIS WAY ♪ ♪ [SINGING] ♪ ♪ [SINGING] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY IN >> "WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING THE MORNING FEELING SAD LIKE SO MANY OF US FEELING SAD LIKE SO MANY OF US DO ♪ DO ♪ ♪ DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING ♪ DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING, DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING, MAMA ♪ MAMA ♪ >> AFTER THE CONCERT, THE GIRLS >> AFTER THE CONCERT, THE GIRLS HAD A CHANCE TO REFLECT BACK ON HAD A CHANCE TO REFLECT BACK ON THEIR WEEK.

THEIR WEEK.

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN.

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY FUN.

I'VE NEVER BEEN LIKE A PART OF A I'VE NEVER BEEN LIKE A PART OF A GROUP LIKE THIS COLLABORATIVE, GROUP LIKE THIS COLLABORATIVE, THIS WELCOMING OF EACH OTHER.

THIS WELCOMING OF EACH OTHER.

>> I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYONE AND >> I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYONE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT THIS CAMP.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT THIS CAMP.

AND THE THINGS THEY AND THE THINGS THEY ACCOMPLISHED.

ACCOMPLISHED.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 WHOLE DAYS.

WHOLE DAYS.

IT FEELS LIKE NO TIME AND I WISH IT FEELS LIKE NO TIME AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE MORE, BECAUSE IT'S WE COULD HAVE MORE, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND I'M DEFINITELY BEEN AMAZING AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

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JUNE MILLINGTON HAS BEEN MAKING JUNE MILLINGTON HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD MUSIC SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD PLAYING IEWK LAYE IN HER PLAYING IEWK LAYE IN HER NATIVE -- UKULELE IN HER NATIVE NATIVE -- UKULELE IN HER NATIVE PHILIPPINES.

PHILIPPINES.

SHE AND HER SISTER JEANED TURN SHE AND HER SISTER JEANED TURN IN THEIR FOLK GETTALS FOR IN THEIR FOLK GETTALS FOR ELECTRIC AND FORMED A SUCCESSION ELECTRIC AND FORMED A SUCCESSION OF ALL-GIRL BANDS.

OF ALL-GIRL BANDS.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MUSICAL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MUSICAL ICON ABOUT THE -- BEHIND THE ICON ABOUT THE -- BEHIND THE INSTITUTE FOR MUSICAL ARTS.

INSTITUTE FOR MUSICAL ARTS.

>> THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO PLAY >> THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO PLAY LEAD.

LEAD.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT HAPPENED?

I GOT BETTER AND BETTER.

I GOT BETTER AND BETTER.

I MADE FRIENDS WITH GEORGE OF I MADE FRIENDS WITH GEORGE OF LITTLE FEET AND SKUNK BAXTER.

LITTLE FEET AND SKUNK BAXTER.

STEELY DAN.

STEELY DAN.

LATER DOOBIE BROTHERS.

LATER DOOBIE BROTHERS.

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>>> ART AND POLITICS HAVE A >>> ART AND POLITICS HAVE A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP FROM THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP FROM THE LATE SHOW MONOLOGUES TO LATE SHOW MONOLOGUES TO EDITORIAL CARTOONS, POLITICS HAS EDITORIAL CARTOONS, POLITICS HAS BEEN A MUSE FOR CREATIVITY AND BEEN A MUSE FOR CREATIVITY AND COMMENTARY, AND POLITICIANS HAVE COMMENTARY, AND POLITICIANS HAVE USED ART AS A TOOL TO ENGAGE AND USED ART AS A TOOL TO ENGAGE AND CONNECT WITH VOTERS, AS SEEN IN CONNECT WITH VOTERS, AS SEEN IN THE MANY BATTLES OVER THE USE OF THE MANY BATTLES OVER THE USE OF POPULAR MUSIC IN POLITICAL POPULAR MUSIC IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

CAMPAIGNS.

AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS ONLY RELATIONSHIP HAS ONLY INTENSIFIES AS DIVISIONS HAVE INTENSIFIES AS DIVISIONS HAVE GROWN.

GROWN.

SO IN THIS POLITICALLY POLARIZED SO IN THIS POLITICALLY POLARIZED WORLD, WHAT LIES AHEAD AT THE WORLD, WHAT LIES AHEAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND INTERSECTION OF ART AND POLITICS?

POLITICS?

I SPOKE WITH PLITTAL SCUNTANT I SPOKE WITH PLITTAL SCUNTANT RYAN McCOLLUM TO FIND OUT.

RYAN McCOLLUM TO FIND OUT.

>> FROM THE BEGINNING OF >> FROM THE BEGINNING OF DEMOCRACY, ART HAS HAD AN IMPACT DEMOCRACY, ART HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON POLITICS, BECAUSE BOTH ART ON POLITICS, BECAUSE BOTH ART AND POLITICS ARE VERY BROAD AND POLITICS ARE VERY BROAD SUBJECTS.

SUBJECTS.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON ONE ANOTHER.

ONE ANOTHER.

AND SO WHETHER IT'S -- WHETHER AND SO WHETHER IT'S -- WHETHER IT'S MUSIC OR POETRY OR THE FINE IT'S MUSIC OR POETRY OR THE FINE ART LIKE WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE ART LIKE WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAINTINGS AND TALK ABOUT PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES, BUT DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES, BUT ALSO IN CAMPAIGN ART, RIGHT?

ALSO IN CAMPAIGN ART, RIGHT?

SO PROPAGANDA FOR LACK OF BETTER SO PROPAGANDA FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS NEEDS TO BE APPEALING TO WORDS NEEDS TO BE APPEALING TO MAKE YOUR CASE.

MAKE YOUR CASE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON A SO WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, THE LOGO, POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, THE LOGO, THE LAWN SIGN, EVERYTHING THAT THE LAWN SIGN, EVERYTHING THAT IS PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN SHOULD IS PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE ESTHETICALLY PLEASE, RIGHT -- BE ESTHETICALLY PLEASE, RIGHT -- PLEASING, RIGHT, AND THAT TAKES PLEASING, RIGHT, AND THAT TAKES ARTISTS.

ARTISTS.

WHETHER THEY'RE DIGITAL OR HARD WHETHER THEY'RE DIGITAL OR HARD ARTISTS.

ARTISTS.

I THINK THE POSTER OF OBAMA THAT I THINK THE POSTER OF OBAMA THAT SAID "HOPE."

SAID "HOPE."

THAT'S A STICKY IMAGE.

THAT'S A STICKY IMAGE.

REMEMBER -- PEOPLE REMEMBERED REMEMBER -- PEOPLE REMEMBERED THAT POSTER OF OBAMA DONE BY AN THAT POSTER OF OBAMA DONE BY AN ARTIST.

ARTIST.

J.F.K., SOME OF HIS POSTERS WERE J.F.K., SOME OF HIS POSTERS WERE VERY ARTSY.

VERY ARTSY.

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A EVEN WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A SMALLER CAMPAIGN T LOGOS CAN BE SMALLER CAMPAIGN T LOGOS CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT.

VERY IMPORTANT.

>> THE ART WORLD TENDS TO LEAN >> THE ART WORLD TENDS TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE LIBERAL SIDE OF MORE TOWARDS THE LIBERAL SIDE OF POLITICS.

POLITICS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE CASE AND WHY DOUGH WE SEE MORE CASE AND WHY DOUGH WE SEE MORE CONFEDERATE ART AND ARTISTS?

CONFEDERATE ART AND ARTISTS?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IN >> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IN AMERICA.

AMERICA.

I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE YOU I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T -- YOU ALSO CAN'T DIVORCE CAN'T -- YOU ALSO CAN'T DIVORCE POLITICS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.

POLITICS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.

AND THE ART SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN AND THE ART SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA TEND TO BE MORE AMERICA TEND TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND LIBERAL, WHETHER PROGRESSIVE AND LIBERAL, WHETHER IT'S THE CIVIL RIGHTS AREA OR IT'S THE CIVIL RIGHTS AREA OR THE PROTEST GENERATION DURING THE PROTEST GENERATION DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

THE VIETNAM WAR.

SO ARTISTS TEND TO BE A LITTLE SO ARTISTS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIBERAL, RIGHT?

BIT MORE LIBERAL, RIGHT?

THEY TEND TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIVE THEY TEND TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIVE IN MORE LIBERAL PLACES AND HAVE IN MORE LIBERAL PLACES AND HAVE MORE LIBERAL AND FREE-THOUGHT MORE LIBERAL AND FREE-THOUGHT IDEAS.

IDEAS.

AND ARE USUALLY TRYING TO GET AND ARE USUALLY TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE MESSAGE OF LOVE AND ACROSS THE MESSAGE OF LOVE AND PEACE AND CHANGE.

PEACE AND CHANGE.

BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE'S BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE'S NOT CONSERVATIVE ARTISTS, RIGHT?

NOT CONSERVATIVE ARTISTS, RIGHT?

THERE'S PLENTY OF CONSERVATIVE THERE'S PLENTY OF CONSERVATIVE ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY, RIGHT?

SO YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS IF YOU SO YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY LOOK AT THE COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY MUSIC GENRE, THEY TEND TO BE MUSIC GENRE, THEY TEND TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE.

MORE CONSERVATIVE.

AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE OUTRIGHT AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE OUTRIGHT SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M A TRUMP SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M A TRUMP GUY, BUT THEY SAY THINGS THAT GUY, BUT THEY SAY THINGS THAT ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT STANDING UP FOR THE NATIONAL STANDING UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PROTECTING THEIR ANTHEM AND PROTECTING THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SO THERE'S NOT A LACK OF IT.

SO THERE'S NOT A LACK OF IT.

I JUST THINK THAT JUST THROUGH I JUST THINK THAT JUST THROUGH ORGANIC, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGH ORGANIC, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGH TIME IN AMERICA, THAT SOCIAL TIME IN AMERICA, THAT SOCIAL CHANGE PIECE IN POLITICS ARE SO CHANGE PIECE IN POLITICS ARE SO INTERWOVEN THAT ARTISTS TEND TO INTERWOVEN THAT ARTISTS TEND TO BE A BIT MORE LIBERAL.

BE A BIT MORE LIBERAL.

>> POLITICAL CARTOONS IS ANOTHER >> POLITICAL CARTOONS IS ANOTHER ART FORM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ART FORM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

A LONG TIME.

THE FIRST KNOWN AMERICAN CARTOON THE FIRST KNOWN AMERICAN CARTOON WAS PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN WAS PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN HIS PENNSYLVANIA FRANKLIN IN HIS PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE IN 1754.

GAZETTE IN 1754.

SO DOES ART THAT DIRECTLY SO DOES ART THAT DIRECTLY COMMENTS ON OR EXPLORES POLITICS COMMENTS ON OR EXPLORES POLITICS HAVE ANY REAL INFLUENCE OVER HAVE ANY REAL INFLUENCE OVER POLITICIANS OR THE VOTERS?

POLITICIANS OR THE VOTERS?

>> DEFINITELY.

>> DEFINITELY.

JUST LIKE -- JUST LIKE SATIRE JUST LIKE -- JUST LIKE SATIRE AND JUST LIKE A MONOLOGUE, A AND JUST LIKE A MONOLOGUE, A POLITICAL CARTOON WHEN EFFECTIVE POLITICAL CARTOON WHEN EFFECTIVE WILL GIVE THE VOTER A DIFFERENT WILL GIVE THE VOTER A DIFFERENT ASPECT THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE ASPECT THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT.

SEEN IT.

TO MAKE IT ABSURD OR RIDICULOUS TO MAKE IT ABSURD OR RIDICULOUS AND TO PUT IT INTO A CARTOON AND TO PUT IT INTO A CARTOON FORMAT ALLOWS YOUR MIND TO MAYBE FORMAT ALLOWS YOUR MIND TO MAYBE LOOK AT THAT ISSUE WHEN A -- IN LOOK AT THAT ISSUE WHEN A -- IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> THE POLITICS OF NOW CAN BE >> THE POLITICS OF NOW CAN BE VIEWED VERY DIFFERENTLY WITH THE VIEWED VERY DIFFERENTLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

PASSAGE OF TIME.

WHAT ROLE IF ANY DOES ART HAVE WHAT ROLE IF ANY DOES ART HAVE ON HOW HISTORY LOOKS AT NOTABLE ON HOW HISTORY LOOKS AT NOTABLE POLITICAL MOMENTS?

POLITICAL MOMENTS?

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

SO AGAIN, TO KEEP IT PRETTY SO AGAIN, TO KEEP IT PRETTY LOCAL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES LOCAL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF POLITICAL ART IS IN THE OF POLITICAL ART IS IN THE SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, AT THE SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, AT THE MOORE MUSEUM, IT'S THE HISTORIC MOORE MUSEUM, IT'S THE HISTORIC MONUMENT OF THE MESH REPUBLIC.

MONUMENT OF THE MESH REPUBLIC.

IT'S A HUGE -- AMERICAN IT'S A HUGE -- AMERICAN REPUBLIC.

REPUBLIC.

IT'S A HOONL PAINTING AND IT'S A HOONL PAINTING AND IT'S -- HUGE PAINTING, AND IT'S IT'S -- HUGE PAINTING, AND IT'S ROMAN.

ROMAN.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN ITALY.

ITALY.

BUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS BUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE TO HELP FORM THAT TOOK PLACE TO HELP FORM AMERICA ARE IN THERE, RIGHT?

AMERICA ARE IN THERE, RIGHT?

AND THE ARTIST IS VERY CLEVER OF AND THE ARTIST IS VERY CLEVER OF HOW HE PUTS THOSE DIFFERENT HOW HE PUTS THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THIS HUGE PAINTING EVENTS IN THIS HUGE PAINTING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOME KIND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF MONUMENT IN ROME.

OF MONUMENT IN ROME.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A BUST OF BENJAMIN FRAIKS HIMSELF BUST OF BENJAMIN FRAIKS HIMSELF OR A STATUE OF THIS OR THAT, I OR A STATUE OF THIS OR THAT, I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF ART ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF ART NOW IN MY OPINION IS THERE'S A NOW IN MY OPINION IS THERE'S A ROBERT E. LEE STATUE THAT HAS ROBERT E. LEE STATUE THAT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED WITH GRAFFITI BEEN TRANSFORMED WITH GRAFFITI AND DIFFERENT PIECES OF ART ALL AND DIFFERENT PIECES OF ART ALL OVER THE STATUE, AND PROJECTION OVER THE STATUE, AND PROJECTION ON THE STATUE AS ALMOST TAKING ON THE STATUE AS ALMOST TAKING THAT OLD PIECE OF ART AND MAKING THAT OLD PIECE OF ART AND MAKING IT NEW AND POLITICS OF NOW TO IT NEW AND POLITICS OF NOW TO PROTEST "BLACK LIVES MATTER."

PROTEST "BLACK LIVES MATTER."

SO THAT PIECE OF ART, RIGHT, SO THAT PIECE OF ART, RIGHT, USING THAT MEDIUM OF A CIVIL WAR USING THAT MEDIUM OF A CIVIL WAR GENERAL WHO WANTED TO KEEP BLACK GENERAL WHO WANTED TO KEEP BLACK PEOPLE ENSLAVED TO NOW SAY BLACK PEOPLE ENSLAVED TO NOW SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER IS VERY LIVES MATTER IS VERY INTERESTING.

INTERESTING.

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