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For a while I have been thinking about a 16mm short film I saw in high school called, Cipher In The Snow. I wonder if anyone else out there saw this film while in school?? I have attached some info for it below. I discovered that the film's copyright is closely comtrolled by the LDS. and is availible only through their store. http://store.yahoo.com/ldsvideostore/ciinsnv.html CIPHER IN THE SNOW Directed by Keith J. Atkinson. Starring Robert Bridges, Bruce Kimball, Jacqueline Mayo, Roberta Shore, Walter Stocker, Larry Watts Cinematography by Reed Smoot ("Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure", "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey", "Legacy", "Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets", "Harry's War", etc; cinematographer for multiple Academy Award-nominated films). Screenplay by Carol Lynn Pearson (AML Award-winning author and lyricist of works as "My Turn on Earth", Consider the Butterfly and "Mother Wove the Morning"). If you aren't familiar with this film (which is based on a true story), it is basically about a young boy (the "cipher" of the title) who simply falls dead in the snow one morning after a bus ride. The teacher who investigates what happened finds that the boy had no real friends, and essentially died of loneliness. The teacher learns that he was the boy's favorite teacher, yet he can hardly even remember who the boy was. Some people consider this a dark story, but the message it presents about befriending and having compassion for people who are different or who are outcasts is undeniably powerful. Color, 24 min., 1973