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DEPARTMENT NEWS / November 14, 2007

Idaho Film Collection Releases Final Volume of Filmmaker Nell Shipman's Works

“From Lionhead Lodge,” the final DVD of the “Nell Shipman Collection” series, was released this week by the Idaho Film Collection. The Idaho Film Collection is housed at Boise State University.

“From Lionhead Lodge” contains films that the pioneering filmmaker shot in Idaho, including her magnum opus, “The Grub-Stake,” from 1922, and three complete “Little Dramas of the Big Places,” two-reel films shot at Priest Lake. Surviving frames from a fourth “Little Drama” round out the collection.

The DVD is also packed with extras for Shipman fans, including the earliest known surviving home movie shot at Priest Lake and Lionhead Lodge, Shipman’s studio camp, from 1928; an anthology of 1950s home movies about Priest Lake; footage of interviews done at the state ceremony dedicating Shipman Point on Priest Lake in 1977; a 1987 film by Shipman’s son, Barry, the “Making of ‘Grub-Stake,’ ” and the just-completed documentary “At Lionhead Lodge: Nell Shipman in Idaho, 1922-1925.” The latter premiered in early October at the international silent film festival Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone, Italy.

The DVD contains more than four hours of Idaho cinema, including music scores written and performed by Idaho musicians. The three-volume “Nell Shipman Collection” was directed by Paul Brand of Pretty Good Productions in Coeur d’Alene, with technical assistance by Rod Cashin of Boise State Academic Technologies.

The collection is available through the Boise State Bookstore, by calling (208) 426-1362, faxing (208) 426-3401 or by e-mailing hhunsake@boisestate.edu. For more information, call Tom Trusky at (208) 426-1999.

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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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