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Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? 91 min. Directed by Vicki Hunter and Heather Whinna. $20 from Blank Stare Films. Sample clips online at RightRightRight Films. No MPAA rating.

I highly recommend this recently-released indie DVD for libraries that collect documentaries. (WorldCat currently shows 7 holding libraries.) Through interviews and snippets of performances, Why Should the Devil ... ? peeks into the world of evangelical Christian rock music -- encompassing punk, metal, ska, rap, and other styles. This disc will especially appeal to aficionados of slice-of-a-subculture films like Word Wars and Trekkies. It should also be of interest to fans of the featured acts, but anyone watching for the music is bound to get frustrated by the brevity of the concert clips. -- Read More

Submitted by Cortez: "Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe opens December 9, 2005. We are already getting requests for the books." From the Washington Examiner

Narnia promotion enchants library

A faun carrying an umbrella. A queen in a sledge. A magnificent lion.

The images appeared in the mind of British writer C.S. Lewis more than 50 years ago, prompting him to write "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." The novel about the Pevensie children, evacuated to the countryside from World War II London, and their discovery of the magical land of Narnia on the other side of a wardrobe, has captivated generations of children and adults.

And his step-son is touring:
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2005/11/02/ne ws/local_regional/news01.txt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Nar nia"

Anonymous Patron writes "A Broward public library was the target of demonstrators after it rescheduled a film about revolutionary Che Guevara during Hispanic Heritage Month. The whole article is online at the Miami Herald: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/st ates/florida/counties/broward_county/12810607.htm"

Anonymous Patron writes "The more things change, the more they stay the same... Irelandclick.com has a story on a series of unfortunate events that happened in Belfast, Ireland, way back in 1932.
The first time Frankenstein came to Belfast was in April 1932 when James Whale’s 1931 classic was shown in cinemas throughout Ireland and Britain. In Belfast the film looked as though it was going to be a tremendous success as over 10,000 turned up for the first viewing. It was quickly banned, and how it ended up that way is a case study in censorship. They were, of course, thinking of the children:

"We had to think of the possible effect the picture might have on immature or unbalanced minds. In this connection let me observe that at almost every Court of Assize or Session defending counsel have advanced the plea that their youthful clients got the inspiration for their crimes at the cinema."

The Frankenstein ban was never lifted."