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| | 02-108 (Todd Haynes) |
 | | PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The work of writer/director Todd Haynes, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Far From Heaven (2002) and a 1985 graduate of Brown University, will be the focus of a series of events planned for April 10-12, 2003, sponsored by the Department of Modern Culture and Media. |
 | | Born in Los Angeles in 1961, Todd Haynes grew up in nearby Encino, Calif. and developed an interest in filmmaking at a young age; he produced his first short film, The Suicide, in 1987 while still in high school. |
 | | The film won the 1991 Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize, but also drew the ire of the right-wing American Family Association and its leader, the Rev. Donald Wildmon, because it was partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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