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The 2008 Mabray "Doc" Kountze Film Festival

The 2008 Doc Kountze Festival will be held on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 from 11 AM to 6 PM at the McGlynn Middle School, located at 3004 Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford, Massachusetts. Click here to downlaod the map and directions in PDF. We are honored to present two full-length feature films: SPIDER JOHN KOERNER: BEEN HERE... DONE THAT, produced and directed by Don McGlynn, about renowned traditional folk and country blues artist/guitarist Spider John Koerner, and THE ETERNAL ROAD: AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PAST, a documentary film by Ron Frank, with music by Kurt Weill arranged and performed by Paul Lehrman. In addition, we will show one short film THE SECRET GARDEN, directed by Sean Carroll. We are also thrilled to have TEA WITH MARY CASSATT, a theatrical performance by local performer Laura Duggan.

To view the program, click here.

SPIDER JOHN KOERNER: BEEN HERE, DONE THAT. Produced and Directed by Don McGlynn; Executive Producer Celia Mingus Zaentz Associate; ProducerMark Trehus. Running time 98 minutes. Click here for more information about Don McGlynn and the film.	Image by Daniel Corrigan
	THE ETERNAL ROAD: AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PAST. Ergo Media. Directed by Ron Frank, with music composed by Kurt Weill and arranged and performed by Paul Lehrman. Executive Producer Paul L. Newman; Producers David M. Barsky and Rhyllis Lazar. 2000. Running time 57 minutes. Click here for more information about the film.
Laura R. Duggan received her Master of Arts in Theatre Education from the Emerson College. Her one-woman play, Tea with Mary Cassatt, premiered at Emerson's Green Theatre in December of 2006. Mrs. Duggan is a Massachusetts certified Secondary History teacher with over 10 years of experience working with "at risk" students in Boston. Mrs. Duggan's students had displayed their artwork for many years in the Doc Kountze Festival window art displays for years. Other plays written by her include a musical entitled Give Thanks, which tells the story of the Wampanoag Indians and Pilgrims at Plymouth and a series of parable plays based on bible stories. Click here for more information.	Image by Ruth Carr.
Image by Patricia Saunders.	Twelve-year-old Kyla Middleton is the recipient of a $20,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association. The talented Medford teenager spent some childhood years with her mother and two siblings at a homeless shelter. In spite of her hardship, she was still a top academic performer in her class. In her effort to promote support for the homeless, she performed with renowned celebrities such as Natalie Merchant and Jon Bon Jovi in Give Us Your Poor. Click here for more information.
	SECRET GARDEN, 2008. 7 Minutes 8 Seconds. Directed by Sean Carroll. Click here for more information.
OUR MOVIE. Johnathan Carr grew up in Medford and graduated from Emerson College in 2004 with a bachelor of arts in filmmaking. While at Emerson he co-founded WARLORDS a production club devoted to making action films, received an EVVY award for a 16mm short, and an EVVY nomination for a TV series that aired on the Emerson Channel. Click here for more information.

Exhibiting Artists - "Doc" Kountze Festival

Roger Carter – collages constructed from every day found objects

Sophie Glikson – paintings in gouache, oil stick, and mixed media

June Holwell – water color paintings and greeting cards from artwork

Dominique Lecomte – prints, photos, books

Paul Melanson – handcrafted jewelry

Louise Musto-Choate – one-of-a-kind handcrafted beaded jewelry

Robert Phillips – handmade single slide guitars

Information Tables

Medford Arts Center, Inc. - Information Table (Cambia Davis)

West Medford Open Studios – Information Table (Marilyn Davidson)