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Jennifer Burton (filmmaker)
Jennifer Burton is an American filmmaker and professor at Tufts University. She often works with her four sisters through their Five Sisters Productions company, in which the sisters all share credit but take turns directing, writing, etc. Films produced by the company include ''Manna From Heaven {{Infobox book , , name = Manna from Heaven , title_orig = , translator = , image = Manna from heaven.jpg , caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition. , author = Roger Zelazny , cover_artist = Bob Eggle ...'', ''Temps'', and ''Kings, Queens and In-Betweens''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Jennifer Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts remained a small New England liberal arts college until the 1970s, when it transformed into a large research university offering several doctorates;Its corporate name is still "The Trustees of Tufts College" it is classified as a "Research I university", denoting the highest level of research activity. Tufts is a member of the Association of American Universities, a selective group of 64 leading research universities in North America. The university is known for its internationalism, study abroad programs, and promoting active citizenship and public service across all disciplines. Tufts offers over 90 undergraduate and 160 graduate programs across ten schools in the greater Boston area and Talloires, France. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Sisters Productions
Five Sisters Productions is a production company helmed by the five Burton sisters, Maria Burton, Jennifer Burton, Ursula Burton, Gabrielle Burton and Charity Burton. Their films include ''Just Friends'' (1997), ''Temps'' (1999), ''Manna From Heaven'' (2002), ''Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God'' (2008), ''Kings, Queens and In-Betweens'' (2017) and ''Good Eggs'' (2018). The New York Times called ''Manna From Heaven {{Infobox book , , name = Manna from Heaven , title_orig = , translator = , image = Manna from heaven.jpg , caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition. , author = Roger Zelazny , cover_artist = Bob Eggle ...'' "a true outsider film," which is "refreshingly sincere, gentle and good-natured." Notes {{US-film-company-stub Film production companies of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manna From Heaven (film)
''Manna from Heaven'' is a 2002 film written by Gabrielle Burton, Gabrielle B. Burton and co-directed by her daughters Gabrielle C. Burton and Maria Burton. The film won awards at four film festivals. It was actor Jerry Orbach's final film before his death from prostate cancer in 2004 and Shelley Duvall's last film to star in until 2022. Plot ''Manna From Heaven'' is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20-dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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