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Always A Family

Jan 1, 2011

0h 3m

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Overview

On the morning of September 11th, Michael Trinidad called his ex-wife, Monique Ferrer, from the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower to say goodbye. In the wake of his death, Monique tells the story of Michael's lasting legacy—the family they built together.

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Animation

Documentary

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House of Hassle

StoryCorps

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The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their way to fame and fortune. Blues divas such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter created and promoted a working-class vision of blues life that provided an alternative to the Victorian gentility of middle-class manners. In their lives and music, blues women presented themselves as strong, independent women who lived hard lives and were unapologetic about their unconventional choices in clothes, recreational activities, and bed partners. Blues singers disseminated a Black feminism that celebrated emotional resilience and sexual pleasure, no matter the source.

4.0

Now Is the Time

May 3, 1951

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

5.7

Disc Jockey

Jan 1, 1980

An alarm clock wakes a man who washes his face, has breakfast, drives his car to work, spins records, returns home, and takes his pills. It's a world of circles - often seen from above: an espresso cup, a stairwell, the pills, and the records spinning. At the dance where the music plays, the rhythms evoke images of a butcher slicing head cheese, gears driving other wheels and levers, a combine churning out bales of hay, a butcher cutting chunks of meat for a stew, and boxers punching. The circle of music and life.

4.0

Breakdowns of 1940

Dec 31, 1940

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.

6.0

Breakdowns of 1942

Dec 31, 1942

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

6.0

Blow-Ups of 1946

Dec 31, 1946

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

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6.5

Fantaisie in Bubblewrap

Oct 11, 2007

A very short film about members of a community who one by one suffer murder and assassination by various methods. So much sadness, pain, suffering, by children, mates, couples separated, friends lost. Fear and horror are always present, watching their loved ones being murdered, some in a slow deliberate manner, that will horrify the sensitivities of the tenderest among you.

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5.0

Translating History to Screen

Jun 10, 2008

Translating History to Screen (2008) Video Short - 10 June 2008 (USA)

5.0

Eno

Jan 1, 1973

About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.

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5.5

Africa Light / Gray Zone

Jan 30, 2010

"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life without any problems in a country where the difference between rich and poor could hardly be greater. Namibia does not give that impression of it. If you look at its surface it seems like Africa in its most innocent and civilized form. It is a country that is so inviting to dream by its spectacular landscape, stunning scenery and fascinating wildlife. It has a very strong tourism structure and the government gets a lot of money with its magical attraction. But despite its grandiose splendor it is an endless gray zone as well. It oscillates between tradition and modernity, between the cattle in the country and the slums in the city. It shuttles from colonial times, land property reform to minimum wage for everyone. It fluctuates between socialism and cold calculated market economy.

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0.0

Animated Hair Cartoon, No.18

Nov 15, 1926

The “Animated Hair” films, featuring artwork by “Marcus” (not well-known animator Sid Marcus, but a caricaturist for the original humorous Life Magazine) were relatively easy for the studio to produce, using one artist (his hand usually seen on screen drawing the image) and the gimmick of manipulating one caricature with stop motion to create a second caricature (usually by rearranging a hair-do). Audiences were thrilled. Fifty one “Animated Hair” shorts were produced between 1924 and 1927. (from: thekidshouldseethis.com/post/animated-hair-cartoon-no-18-1925)

6.8

Statues Also Die

May 1, 1953

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. Beginning with the question of why African works are confined to ethnographic displays while Greek or Egyptian art is celebrated, the film became a landmark of anti-colonial cinema and was banned in France for eight years.

8.0

Remembrance

Nov 29, 2008

Jia Zhangke’s short for Modern Weekly’s special tenth anniversary issue.

9.0

A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas

Dec 14, 2011

Fans of “Calvin & Hobbes” should rejoice at this sweet reminder and tribute to the best comic strip of all time, using some familiar frozen faces.

0.0

A Political Cartoon

Oct 1, 1974

Two guys run a cartoon character for President.

6.8

DJ Q.bert's Wave Twisters

Jan 23, 2001

A crew of heroes is determined to save the lost arts of Hip Hop. Break Dancing, Graffiti, MCing, and DJing from total extinction. The lost arts are being oppressed throughout inner-space by lord Ook and his evil minions the Chinheads. The dental commander Dr. Julio Azul DDS, assumed to be secretary Honey Drips, Dental Hygienist/Robot Rubbish, and Grandpa have a series of adventures, synch'd to the music. Armed with the ancient relic known as the Wave Twister (a small turntable/wristwatch, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat the enemies), they travel to the far ends of inner-space for a final confrontation with the sinister army of oppressors.

5.4

Achilles

Aug 31, 1995

With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.

3.2

Boys Beware

Jan 1, 1961

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

7.2

Who I Am and What I Want

Oct 28, 2005

Who I Am And What I Want is a 7 minute animated short directed by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley in 2005. Based on the David Shrigley book of the same title. Kevin Eldon voices the role of the film's main character, Pete.

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