Projects tagged
Film, Video & Photo
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FACELESS
Read more: FACELESSFACELESS was produced under the rules of the ‘Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers’. The manifesto states, amongst other things, that additional cameras are not permitted at filming locations, as the omnipresent existing video surveillance (CCTV) is already in operation. The UK…
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Every Step You Take
Read more: Every Step You TakeWith an estimated four million surveillance cameras, Britain is by far the most-watched nation on earth. Every Londoner is on camera about 300 times a day. How could this come about in George Orwell’s mother country? What were the ignition…
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Silver Action
Read more: Silver Action“Suzanne Lacy is an internationally known artist whose work includes installations, video, and large-scale performances on social themes and urban issues. One of her best-known works to date is The Crystal Quilt (Minneapolis, 1987) a performance with 430 older women,…
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Citizen Video for Journalists: Finding the Story
Read more: Citizen Video for Journalists: Finding the StoryThere are so many videos coming out of Syria every day. Whose videos do you feature on Watching Syria’s War? Children, internally displaced within Syria, gather firewood. One comments, “we are laughing at our lives.” Liam Stack: Our goal is…
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Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”
Read more: Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”Artist and disability rights activist Liz Crow has produced another iteration of her long-standing performance project, “Bedding Out.” In an attempt to bridge the divide between her private and public lives, she invited the world to witness the way she…
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Occupy Love
Read more: Occupy LoveJoin acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love…
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Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and Privilege
Read more: Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and PrivilegeThe annual Toronto film festival Hot Docs is underway, and one of the featured documentaries tackles the tragic and gruesome story of serial killer Robert Pickton. The notorious murderer was responsible for the deaths of at least 26 women, many…
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Talib Kweli on Rick Ross’s date rape lyrics
Read more: Talib Kweli on Rick Ross’s date rape lyricsFollowing the controversy around Rick Ross’s date rape lyrics in his rap on Rocko’s song U.O.E.N.O, the rapper lost his contract with Reebok and was the target of the media, anti-rape activists Ultraviolet, hip hop activists, and even his fans.…
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Real Women
Read more: Real WomenThe Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a worldwide marketing/public relations campaign launched in 2004 that includes advertisements, video, workshops, sleepover events and the publication of a book and the production of a play. The principle behind the campaign is…
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Bringing Awareness to the TGI Experience
Read more: Bringing Awareness to the TGI ExperienceKokumo, pronounced “koh-koo-mah”, is a trans gender activist whose very name embodies her bold path of resistance. Taken from the West African dialect Yoruba, Kokumo means “this woman will not die.” Kokumo chose her name in response to constantly being…