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Teens ask other teens about their predictions, preparations and fears about Y2K in an interview on-the-street style documentary.

Scope and Contents A teenage girl is stuck going on an astrology field trip during the first week of summer when she'd rather be going to see the Ramones in concert. On the journey one of her fellow classmates, Peter, carries with him a small lunch cooler which contains a mysterious secret he guards. In the cooler is some form of insect he nurtures but when he leaves the cooler in the care of the girl, Josh (a trouble-making jock) slips a large beetle into it. Later in the van as they travel to their next...

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A window-shopping mother is distracted as her baby's stroller rolls down the hill, hits a rock and sends baby (a doll) flying onto the open tailgate of a truck and off on a road trip. A Good Samaritan finds the stroller and attempts to return it to the owner when the truck passes by and hits a bump sending the baby flying through the air once again and into the stroller. The momentum returns the stroller to the side of the mom who didn't even notice the baby was missing.

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A teen girl searches for herself and starts investigating feminism. After founding a club on extreme feminist principles, she has a nervous breakdown and moves on to environmentalism.

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A boy listens as his grandfather with short-term memory loss recounts (again) the story of how he blew up a raft of Japanese sailors during World War II when in command of a US ship turning the regularly heard story into a confession of guilt harbored for nearly 60 years.

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Four men share their "coming out" stories, give advise to others who fear admitting they are homosexual, and talk about how their sexuality affects their lives and their inter action with friends, family and the community.

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A rock and roll couple face trouble when Baby Rock has to go to the studio on business, leaving Lonely Doll feeling abandoned and pining for his return. When he returns all is well again for the happy couple.

Scope and Contents A West Salt Lake City Perspective - Minorities from the west side of Salt Lake City discuss how the unique blend of cultures in the area proves to be "rich soil" for rap artists. Members of Sicc Lake Productions, discuss how living and working in the Salt Lake Valley as rap artists affects them and their music as they discuss issues such as racism, isolation, stereotyping, and censorship in a predominantly Caucasian and religious state but even how minorities who are not black have...

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Children recreate the music video for "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles, acting out the scenes suggested in the lyrics such as a mess hall scene, a band playing, and crew working and living on the submarine.

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Children recreate the music video for "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles, acting out the scenes suggested in the lyrics such as a mess hall scene, a band playing, and crew working and living on the submarine.

Scope and Contents Three homeless boys as a passerby for money. The passerby hostilely refuses and an argument ensues, catalyzing the three homeless boys to attack and rob the man, making off with his wallet and cell phone. The man who was robbed, then makes his way to the sheriff for help. Meanwhile, another boy mocks some the homeless people when they ask him for money and he too is attacked and robbed. Finally, when the second man seeks the sheriff's aid, the slow-acting sheriff begins his search for the...

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A mad scientist transforms a normal watermelon into a dangerous purple watermelon and then places the fruit in the local, unsuspecting, pet shop where it attacks the inhabitants until someone places a normal watermelon next to the purple watermelon which returns it to its natural state.

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A horse lays an egg and leaves it in a nest. Dinosaurs handle the egg until it hatches and the horse comes back.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Spy Hop Productions independent film collection (2000-2009) consists of raw footage and finished films assembled by elementary and high school aged filmmakers under the tutelage of Spy Hop Productions, a Salt Lake City not-for-profit youth media center specializing in educational solutions through the multimedia arts. The collection contains narrative, claymation and documentary films and includes extensive footage about Salt Lake City hosting the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Many films...