Cinema 42
Shasta Stories: Bob Kemp, The Life and Death of a Sharpener
Season 2 Episode 12 | 16m 15s
Recently-deceased vet talks about working at a mortuary, sharpening knives, his own death sentence.
A recently-deceased Vietnam vet talks about working at the mortuary, sharpening knives and his own death sentence.
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Cinema 42 is a local public television program presented by SOPBS
Cinema 42
Shasta Stories: Bob Kemp, The Life and Death of a Sharpener
Season 2 Episode 12 | 16m 15s
A recently-deceased Vietnam vet talks about working at the mortuary, sharpening knives and his own death sentence.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Two men of different ages share that the best way to understand America is to walk across it. (19m 42s)
Shasta Stories: The Travelers, Our Backyard Gypsies
Past stories and current feelings of what it means to be a hippie in Mount Shasta. (12m 39s)
Shasta Stories: The Macys, A Wild Natured Couple
Mike & Tana left a life at Disneyland to build a log cabin & have babies, but were always gardeners. (16m 8s)
Shasta Stories: The Germans, Humor Even Through War
Two women from Germany tell of surviving WWII and how they remain playful even in their old age. (20m 41s)
Shasta Stories: Skizers, Not Geezers, A Ski Bowl Doomed From The Start
Firsthand stories of skiing at Mount Shasta's Snowman's Hill, the Ski Bowl, making of the Ski Park. (41m 9s)
Shasta Stories: Scott & Dianna Betton, A Love Story of a Musician and a Poet
Dianna plays piano, while Scott tells how they met in a pool and now live in an octagon home. (8m 9s)
Shasta Stories: Ross Sanders, A Chip Off The Ol' Block
A third-generation logger tells of his near-death experiences. (20m 55s)
Shasta Stories: Katie ‘Mambo’ Heflin, Online with the Divine Since ‘69
A gypsy tarot reader shares her world travels and how she escaped her Hollywood life. (18m 45s)
Shasta Stories: John ‘Scruff’ Case, A Man With A Heart of Gold
President of the Eagle’s Lodge in Dunsmuir, a gold panner, and Bar-room Olympian. (18m 28s)
Shasta Stories: Jim Chambers, The Old Fart of Mount Shasta
A jovial carpenter straddles various decades amidst his trains, phones, and automobiles. (12m 12s)
Shasta Stories: James Cannon, One of the Last Video Librarians
The rise & fall of Mount Shasta’s video rental store, Couch Critics, and its owner’s memory control. (15m 21s)
Shasta Stories: 'Handsome’ John Redmond, The Mayor That Makes Sushi
A mayor who makes sushi at his facetiously eponymous pub. (15m 45s)
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