Applause is an Emmy award-winning locally produced TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Each week this on-air arts magazine broadcasts a fresh half-hour of features, performances, on-location reports, and interviews from the studios of WVIZ/PBS ideastream. Special thanks to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College for the use of their Steinway Piano on Around Noon/Applause.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

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Since the creation of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission almost a decade ago, Cleveland has seen its share of blockbuster films from Spider-Man 3, Denzel Washington's Antwone Fisher, and The Oh in Ohio, but what about the little guy -- the independent filmmaker?

While powerhouse productions have occasionally brought an influx of quick cash to town many critics claim that their presence has done little to support the efforts of Northeast Ohio independent filmmakers. On this week's show, we'll meet a couple of local filmmakers who get two thumbs up for doing their part to foster independent movie making in Northeast Ohio: Director s Johnny Wu and Ted Sikora.

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