The Public Library of Alexandria

The Public Library of Alexandria

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  • Cheated

    Packed into a crowded saloon in the Wild West, a gruff cowboy, a pompous bank manager, a well-to-do socialite, and a notorious outlaw play a game of poker. With history between them and money on the line, it's only a matter of time before things start heating up.

     

    Genre: Western

     

    Directed by: William Moore, Ryan Walter, and Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Written by: Sam de Vignier-Awad and Ryan Walter

    Sound Design by: Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Starring: Henry de Vignier-Awad, Sam de Vignier-Awad, Mackenzie Chriscoe, Ryan Walter, and William Moore

     

    (Content Warning: Contains descriptions of violence, as well as explicit language. If that's not what you're looking for, check out one of our other episodes!)

     

    Music: (Heliotrope Bouquet (Joplin, Scott) Performed by Constantin Stephan on Piano, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License)

    (Magnetic Rag (Joplin, Scott) Performed by Constantin Stephan on Piano, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License)

    (Wall Street Rag (Joplin, Scott) Performed by Constantin Stephan on Piano, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License)

    (The Man I Love (Gershwin, George) Performed by Constantin Stephan on Piano, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License)

    (Swanee (Gershwin, George) Published by New York: Duo-Art, No.1649, 1920, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)

    19 min
  • No Reason to Lie: Part 2

    George Morowitz is dead, Francis Hull is in custody, and Vivian Morowitz is nowhere to be seen. Officer Briar of the NYPD is going to decide who is to blame for this murder. Whether that decision is made in the interest of the Truth remains to be seen.

     

    Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller

     

    Directed by: William Moore, Ryan Walter, and Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Written by: Sam de Vignier-Awad and Ryan Walter

    Sound Design by: Jakob Cordes

    Starring: Mackenzie Chriscoe, Blake Philips, Nicki Gray, Sam de Vignier-Awad, Madeleine Bertschy, Adam Mercer, and Jordan McKenney

     

    (Content Warning: Contains descriptions of violence, as well as explicit language. If that's not what you're looking for, check out one of our other episodes!)

     

    Music: (Sergei Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantasie op. 3 No. 2 c sharp minor - Piano: Martin Wörner Recording: Tobias Lohner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

    (Sarabande in G minor, BWV 839 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) Performed by Bert Alink on Guitar, 2019, Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License)

    17 min
  • No Reason to Lie: Part 1

    When the body of George Morowitz is found on October 12, 1977, Officer Briar of the NYPD is tasked with deciding who is the killer. A series of conflicting testimonies create a conundrum that challenges the very nature of Truth itself.

     

    Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller

     

    Directed by: William Moore, Ryan Walter, and Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Written by: Sam de Vignier-Awad and Ryan Walter

    Sound Design by: Sam de Vignier-Awad and Jakob Cordes

    Starring: Mackenzie Chriscoe, Blake Philips, Nicki Gray, Ryan Walter, Sunni O'Brien, Sam de Vignier-Awad, Ada Hinton, and Madeleine Bertschy

     

    (Content Warning: Contains descriptions of violence and blood, as well as explicit language. If that's not what you're looking for, check out one of our other episodes!)

     

    Music: Le Cygne (part of Le Carnaval des Animaux), performed by Matilda Colliard (cello) and Stefano Ligoratti (piano), published by Milan: Classica Viva, originally composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886, distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

    13 min
  • Five Seconds to Skip

    One morning in the not-so-distant future, a dad pages through the radio stations as he drives into work. Unfortunately for him, all he can find are ads.

     

    Genre: Comedy

     

    Starring: Mackenzie Chriscoe, Blake Philips, Sam de Vignier-Awad, Ryan Walter, and William Moore

     

    (Content Warning: Contains explicit language and sexual imagery. If that's not what you're looking for, check out one of our other episodes!)

    11 min
  • The Twilight Score

    Two friends watch their favorite team win the championship in an overtime thriller, but things take a turn when they try to relive the experience.

     

    Genre: Supernatural

     

    Directed by: William Moore, Ryan Walter, and Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Written by: Ryan Walter and Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Sound Design by: Jakob Cordes

    Starring: Ryan Walter, Adam Mercer, Jordan McKenney, and William Moore

     

    (Content Warning: Contains explicit language and depictions of violence. If that's not what you're looking for, check out one of our other episodes!)

     

    Ending Music: Will the Circle be Unbroken, composed by Charles H. Gabriel, arranged by Jakob Cordes

    10 min
  • The Interlopers

    One wind-scourged winter night, two feuding heads of house run into each other, murder on their minds and hate in their hearts.

     

    Genre: Period Drama

     

    Directed by: William Moore

    Adapted by: Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Starring: Ryan Walter, Mackenzie Chriscoe, William Moore, and Sam de Vignier-Awad

     

    Music: From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68 by Antonín Dvorak, as performed by the United States Marine Band, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, available at https://imslp.org/wiki/From_the_Bohemian_Forest%2C_Op.68_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%2C_Anton%C3%ADn) 

    11 min
  • Ozymandias (Trailer)

    Tucked away in the intoxicating heat and incessant bustle of café society, a mysterious traveler tells of ancient ruins lost in a vast desert.

     

    Genre: Poetry

     

    Adapted by: Sam de Vignier-Awad

    Starring: Vincent Tandaw, Jakob Cordes, Ryan Walter, and William Moore

     

    Music: Ojos Negros by Tres Tristes Tangos, licensed as CC BY-NC 4.0, available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tres_Tristes_Tangos/~/Ojos_Negros

    2 min

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