In this segment from Bill Moyers Journal, he profiles “The Yes Men” two impersonators who use satire to make serious points about media consolidation, journalism, business ethics, and separating fact from fiction in a world of spin. Watch the whole segment here. We also have the feature film available HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 733. But […]
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Welcome to American University: One student’s take
Just stumbled across this humorous AU student film on YouTube. It features Barron John Weyerhaeuser who stole the show as the ghost of John Barrymore in the February 2007 DPA production of “I hate Hamlet” link
Continue readingA Fair(y) Use Tale – a must-see primer on copyright law
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University tweaks the noses of the Disney lawyers with this introduction to copyright – done with dozens of brief clips from Disney films used under the fair use guidelines. I’ll assume readers are aware of Disney’s extraordinary litigious history in this area. link
Continue readingThe pre-history of Gumby: Art Clokey’s student film Gumbasia
Made in 1955 at the University of Southern California. link
Continue readingCool Website: Media That Matters Film Festival
THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL includes 16 streaming videos by independent filmmakers committed to changing the world, in 8 minutes or less. This year’s festival is titled, Good Food, and consists of videos advocating for a “healthy, sustainable, and delicious future.” link
Continue readingCool classic short now online: Sour Death Balls
Academy award winning documentary director Jessica Yu first made a splash with this elegantly simple 1992 film of an array of people suffering through an intensely sour candy experience. Picture an Andy Warhol screen test series that’s suitable for kids. link
Continue readingPortal to public domain videos online
This website provides nice orderly links to streaming videos of old films that reside at Google Video, Dumpalink, iFilm, and YouTube. The collection is a combination of works that are out-of-copyright (public domain), orphaned (obscure videos that are still under copyright but probably forgotten by their owners), and some that are more recent and possibly […]
Continue readingIt’s a series of tubes
Al Gore may have invented it, but it took Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens to explain it to the rest of us. What is this internet thing? Well, apparently it’s a series of tubes. Senator Stevens gave his lucid description during debate on net neutrality legislation recently. Thanks to his insight on a complicated […]
Continue readingFrank Zappa challenging censorship on CNN’s Crossfire (circa 1986)
This entertaining clip captures the late Frank Zappa during the period when he was taking on the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) on Capitol Hill and fighting for free speech. His deadly wit and calm articulate defense of all musical lyrics, no matter the content, seems to ever-so-slightly win over conservative co-host Robert Novak. It’s […]
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