Young Filmmakers
Young filmmakers all hope to show their works in international festivals like Sundance and Toronto. But what about really young filmmakers who aren’t in film school yet and aren’t, strictly speaking, even s
They are at the heart of Wingspan Arts Kids Film Festival, tomorrow, in a setting any director might envy: Lincoln Center. Complete with "red carpet" interviews and various awards, the festival has much in common with s for more experienced moviemakers, except for the age of the participants:about 8 to 18.
"What’s really exciting is that it’s film for kids by kids," said Cori Gardner, managing director of Wingspan Arts, a nonprofit organization offering youth programs in the New York area. This year the festival will include films not only from Wingspan but also from other city organizations and one from a middle school in Arlington, Virginia. "We want to make this a national ." Ms. Gardner added.
The nine shorts to be shown range from a Claymation biography of B. B. King to a science fiction adventure set in the year 3005. "A lot of the material is really mature," Ms. Gardner said, talking about films by the New York City branch of Global Action Project, a media arts and leadership-training group. "The Choice is about the history of a family and Anti-Smoker is about the angers of second hand smoke." Dream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants’ (移民) feelings of both belonging and not belonging in their adopted country.
The festival will end with an open reception at which other films will be shown. These include a music video and a full-length film whose title is Pressures. Young FilmmakersDream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants’ feelings of both belonging and not belonging in their adopted country.______

True

False

Not Given

题目标签：移民

如何制作自己的在线小题库

参考答案：

参考解析：

刷刷题刷刷变学霸

举一反三

【简答题】阅读理解。 English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants(移民) coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept...

查看完整题目与答案

【单选题】Migrant (移民的) Workers Migrant (移民的) Workers2（） A．which B．what C．who D．where

In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some countries have restricted (限制) most

(1) to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, (2) increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in outsiders to improve local facilities (设施). Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers (3) the U.S. A. and Europe. It has also brought in workers from many other countries, (4) South Korea and Japan.

In view of the difficult living and working (5) in the Middle East, it is not surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can (6) at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major (7) .

Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating (补偿的) advantage. For example, the (8) living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to (9) on each other for safety and comfort. In a similar way, many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly because of the (10) of entertainment (娱乐) facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do (11) work in their home country.

One major problem which (12) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on (13) , so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be (14) since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any (15) , migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive.

查看完整题目与答案