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Play this.  Play this a lot. No, it's not terribly deep, it contains yet one more animated girl with big eyes who flies, but it will make you feel better, so just play it. Every time you feel crappy. Play this. Cause I plan to. And they say we don't have the money for Arts in Education. Well, to that I say "You're gonna change your mind once you spend one full day without flying."

Sometimes a film hasn't even opened yet, and you just know it's going to be great: Such is the case regarding the new documentary "Waiting For Superman," made  by director of An Inconvenient Truth.   This film examines how our education system is failing our kids. Notable quote: "When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art." "Coming Soon For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians promises, our buckling publiceducation system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children. Oscar®—winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits,

I adore everything this Lucy Pepper puts her talents to: Here's her version of " A very silly story, inspired by 51 twittersourced things. " 51 from lucy pepper on Vimeo . Enjoy.

Lucy Pepper is delicious. I love her work! Advice to mothers from lucy pepper on Vimeo .

I love this animation by Chris Ware from Showtime's This American Life . It so clearly tells the story of how media changes society. Or rather, how the power to create media changes social dynamics. Why does trouble always start in the "art room?" Just so you know, the real story was about some schoolkids who goofed around and made one or two silly, fake video cameras out of card board boxes and toilet paper tubes and then they acted out "filming" each other around the schoolyard. The story goes that this game caught on fast at the school, and had an unfortunate outcome. The school later responded by banning the cameras. It's a short animation version of the cable TV show This American Life, and it's very good.