Projects tagged
Film, Video & Photo
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Nostalgia for the Light
Read more: Nostalgia for the LightThe Atacama Desert in northern Chile — the setting of Patricio Guzmán’s transfixing cinematic essay “Nostalgia for the Light” — is a place where heaven and earth converge. Or some might say heaven and hell. Situated on the leeward side…
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Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria
Read more: Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in SyriaOne of the most significant aspects of the wave of protests and uprisings that began in Syria in 2011 was the use of the cell phone camera as a tool of documentation, political activism, and creative expression. With professional journalists…
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Glam Up the Midterms
Read more: Glam Up the MidtermsYou think midterm elections are boring? Not this year. Funny Or Die and Billy Eichner are going to Glam Up The Midterms! Only 12% of young people voted during the last midterm election. From the same team that brought you…
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Stop – short film on stop and frisk
Read more: Stop – short film on stop and friskhttps://vimeo.com/114980972 “Probably one of the most important and timely shorts for America this year. Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film addresses the upsetting aspects of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policies with sensitivity and insight.” -Jeff Bowers, VICE (https://bit.ly/1mU7HHQ) “The film packs a…
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‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ inspires real-life billboards
Read more: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ inspires real-life billboardsA pair of activist groups have taken a tactic straight from the Oscar front-runner “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The movie centers on a grieving mother, angry that the man who raped and killed her daughter still hasn’t been found…
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#wakandathevote
Read more: #wakandathevoteThe Movement for Black Lives recognized a great opportunity to register a whole lot of people to vote: the opening weekend of Black Panther. According to activist Kayla Reed, the campaign has already inspired similar drives all over the country.…
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Black Superheroes Matter
Read more: Black Superheroes MatterWatch Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, and you’ll see a charismatic character who fills a void in the conflicted do-gooder group. This T’Challa is accessible, awe-inspiring and perhaps most importantly, human. “I think the question that…
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A Period Coloring Book Now Exists And It’s Bloody Delightful
Read more: A Period Coloring Book Now Exists And It’s Bloody DelightfulA new coloring book is making menstruation easier to talk about, one sex-positive illustration at a time. Created by Toronto-native Andrea Yip, the Period Coloring Book is a sex-positive coloring book that aims to normalize menstruation. Yip, a public health…
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Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished Areas
Read more: Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished AreasDrake has released an emotional video for “God’s Plan” in which he donates the music video budget to people in need. Shot in Miami and directed by Toronto’s Karena Evans and Jordan Oram, the video features a bunch of generous,…
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Zanele Muholi: ‘I’m a visual activist’
Read more: Zanele Muholi: ‘I’m a visual activist’I am a visual activist. Most of what I have done over the years focuses on black LGBTQIA+ and gender-non-conforming individuals from South Africa and other neighbouring countries. It’s about making sure we exist in the visual archive. I call…