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A head rolls around until it sprouts a body.

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A seventeen-year-old, Brittany, talks about teen pregnancy. Her mother discusses the difficulties of having a daughter who is an unwed teenage mother when she was a wed teenage mother, while Brittany's grandmother talks about the loss of her teenage years because of her decision to marry and become a mother by the time she was eighteen and her regrets about not having dated more people before marrying.

Scope and Contents Teens from across the US are abducted and sent to an "Indoctrination Camp" where they become subjects in an attempt to conform them to mainstream society as punishment for offenses such as "sleeping at a Brittany Spears concert," "gothic style of dress," or even "protesting WTO." At the camp the abductees are constantly monitored and are forced to listen to a barrage of mantras such as "a fat body is not a fit body," "the color is blue," and "a white smile is a happy smile," while being...

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An older woman repeatedly cleans a bathroom with meticulous attention until she is arrested.

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In a laboratory, a scientist creates a "happy formula" and tests it on himself. After telling a colleague about his success in creating the formula, the colleague then takes a dose. After creating a second batch, he offers it to another person who turns into a train and the scientist goes back to the drawing board to discover an antidote. After curing the boy who turned into a train, the three discuss how to market the drug and go on a campaign where they earn money.

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An illegal emigrant tells his story of how he crossed the boarder into California on foot, was sent back to Mexico three times, and his perseverance, not wishing to die on the trail as so many do every year. After making a home for himself in Dallas, Texas he now sends money home to his family in Mexico.

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In a far off planet in the year 1967, the evil Man Lady Babushka plots to take over the world with his pet nun, Bobo and his legion of evil henchmen. Only one man can stop him...Phro-Dome! When Man Lady Babushka calls in his henchman Hairless Hal, he instructs him to attack Phro-Dome and his sidekick Silly String Sally but Hairless Hal fails and Man Lady Babushka is force to take them on himself. When he attacks, he is defeated by Phro-Dome and the planet is saved.

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Three youth tell the camera they are original, that no one else is like them as they encourage others to be original as well, encouraging individuality.

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...