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AIR GUITAR NATION
 
Documentaries
78 minutes
Director(s): Alexandra Lipsitz
Fri 9:10 pm Varsity 4
Sat 6:10 pm Varsity 4
Sun 3:10 pm Varsity 4
Mon 6:10 pm Varsity 4
Synopsis

“To err is human…to air guitar is divine.” 

Every August, the Air Guitar World Championships bring thousands of fans all the way to Oulu, Finland to see the world’s best air guitarists battle it out for 60 seconds of mock stardom. For years, the US was missing in action: enter the first official US Air Guitar Championships.

What starts as a friendly contest becomes a battle of naked ambition played out on the national and, ultimately, the world stage. Full of triumph and disappointment, patriotic spirit and political tension—and of course invisible guitars—this competition quickly turns very real and very comic as the contest becomes even more fierce as the contestants work hard to win the title of World Air Guitar Champion. [language]


 

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Shorts
36 minutes
Director(s): Vince Marcello
Fri 9:10 pm Varsity 4
Sat 6:10 pm Varsity 4
Sun 3:10 pm Varsity 4
Mon 6:10 pm Varsity 4
Synopsis

Zombie Prom is a 1950s horror comic book brought to life as a musical comedy - a rollicking, romp through America’s “Atomic Age” and the Golden Age of horror comic books. Set in the ‘50s, this is the musical tale of a sweet teenage girl named Toffee and her “rebel without a cause” boyfriend, Jonny. The two meet at Enrico Fermi High School and fall in love, but the principal (RuPaul) intervenes, persuading the indecisive young Toffee to break up with Jonny.

Tortured by the betrayal, Jonny drives his motorcycle to the nearby Francis Gary Powers Nuclear Plant and flings himself into a nuclear cooling tower. Guilt-ridden and alone, Toffee mourns the loss of her true love, until the day when Jonny returns, risen from the dead—as a teenage nuclear zombie! Adapted from the original stage musical by John Dempsey (book and lyrics) and Dana P. Rowe (music).

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