▶ Pee Wee's Christmas Special (1988) - YouTube:
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‘War of the Worlds’ still vivid at 75 - News - Ohio
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| Orson Welles, March 1, 1937 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"Then the true truth was known, when Welles firmly told the audience this was all just a Halloween tale “jumping out of a bush and saying ‘Boo!’ ” Police investigated, the Federal Communications Commission examined it, and officials including both Akron’s mayor and its police chief complained. Commentators weighed in, Welles expressed surprise and later regret, and an academic study tried to figure out who believed the broadcast and why. Koch wrote that a Grovers Mill farmer began charging hundreds of Martian-seeking tourists a fee to park at his place."
Hong Kong Television Union Plans New Protests Over License Snub - Businessweek
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"HKTV cut about 320 workers after the government snubbed its application in favor of PCCW Ltd. (8) and I-Cable Communications Ltd. (1097) on Oct. 15. Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers joined the protest over the week, reflecting concerns over government accountability and freedom of expression in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. HKTV plans to file for a judicial review, Chairman Ricky Wong said on Oct. 22."
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After Surviving Pirates, the Real-Life Captain Phillips Fights Job Cuts - Working In These Times
After Surviving Pirates, the Real-Life Captain Phillips Fights Job Cuts - Working In These Times:
"Utilizing similar teamwork, the real-life Phillips and members of his AFL-CIO-affiliated union, the Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), are now rallying against a threat to their livelihood more serious than Somali pirates. Even before this month’s federal government shutdown, sequester-driven budget cuts were scheduled to reduce funding next year for the Maritime Security Program (MSP). At a cost to taxpayers of $186 million annually, the MSP subsidizes a fleet of 60 commercially owned and operated ships. But a projected budget shortfall, ranging from $25 million to $30 million. in 2014, has led the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to warn ship owners that one-third of the vessels in this fleet, including the now-famous Maersk Alabama, face elimination from the program."
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"Utilizing similar teamwork, the real-life Phillips and members of his AFL-CIO-affiliated union, the Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), are now rallying against a threat to their livelihood more serious than Somali pirates. Even before this month’s federal government shutdown, sequester-driven budget cuts were scheduled to reduce funding next year for the Maritime Security Program (MSP). At a cost to taxpayers of $186 million annually, the MSP subsidizes a fleet of 60 commercially owned and operated ships. But a projected budget shortfall, ranging from $25 million to $30 million. in 2014, has led the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to warn ship owners that one-third of the vessels in this fleet, including the now-famous Maersk Alabama, face elimination from the program."
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▶ The Brainwashing of My Dad Trailer - YouTube
▶ The Brainwashing of My Dad Trailer - YouTube: ""
“I was inspired to make this film after watching my father – a non-political Democrat – turn into a right wing fanatic after a change in his car commute exposed him to the reactionary shows on talk radio. The changes in his behavior caused me to research the changes in the media over the last 30 years – and the effect of those changes on the country was indisputable. As the media have been co-opted more and more by special interests, documentarians have become the new journalists. My hope is that after seeing my film, people will question what the media tells them, and hold them accountable.”
Visit Liberal America to read more.
“I was inspired to make this film after watching my father – a non-political Democrat – turn into a right wing fanatic after a change in his car commute exposed him to the reactionary shows on talk radio. The changes in his behavior caused me to research the changes in the media over the last 30 years – and the effect of those changes on the country was indisputable. As the media have been co-opted more and more by special interests, documentarians have become the new journalists. My hope is that after seeing my film, people will question what the media tells them, and hold them accountable.”
Visit Liberal America to read more.
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SUPERHEROES: A Never-Ending Battle | PBS Arts | PBS
SUPERHEROES: A Never-Ending Battle | PBS Arts | PBS:
"SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE is the first documentary to examine the dawn of the comic book genre and its powerful legacy, as well as the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last 75 years and their ongoing worldwide cultural impact. "
"SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE is the first documentary to examine the dawn of the comic book genre and its powerful legacy, as well as the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last 75 years and their ongoing worldwide cultural impact. "
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SAG-AFTRA, IATSE Leaders Elected to Key AFL-CIO Committee (Exclusive)
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| International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"Other union leaders with an entertainment industry connection who were elected to the 55 member committee were Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA, which represents cable and telephone installers, as well as television station technicians), and Edwin D. Hill, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW, which represents television station technicians). Also elected was Maria Elena Durazo, leader of the L.A. County Federation of Labor."
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Film raises questions about 1971 Attica prison riot
Film raises questions about 1971 Attica prison riot:
"The hourlong film, Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica, also zeroes in on the national political atmosphere at the time of the 1971 riot. The Nixon White House, the film implies, may well have been more cognizant of the retaking plans at Attica than history has thus far indicated."
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"The hourlong film, Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica, also zeroes in on the national political atmosphere at the time of the 1971 riot. The Nixon White House, the film implies, may well have been more cognizant of the retaking plans at Attica than history has thus far indicated."
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Lessons In Extreme Collaboration From Occupy Wall Street And "99%" | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce
Lessons In Extreme Collaboration From Occupy Wall Street And "99%" | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce:
"In an era when more and more artists are using crowdfunding platforms to help launch their projects, the 99% filmmakers push crowdsourcing beyond the financial startup stage. By implementing the crowdsource model from beginning to end, they join the Occupy vanguard and perhaps help ignite a filmmaking revolution of their own."
"In an era when more and more artists are using crowdfunding platforms to help launch their projects, the 99% filmmakers push crowdsourcing beyond the financial startup stage. By implementing the crowdsource model from beginning to end, they join the Occupy vanguard and perhaps help ignite a filmmaking revolution of their own."
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Hillary’s good for the GOP, the GOP’s better for Hillary — MSNBC
Hillary’s good for the GOP, the GOP’s better for Hillary — MSNBC:
"No one knows if the documentary planned by CNN and the mini-series planned by NBC Entertainment will be “extended commercials promoting former Secretary Hillary Clinton,” because they haven’t been made yet, and the latter doesn’t even have a script. (Also, the New York Times reported that Fox’s production company may make the Clinton film with NBC, though Fox News isn’t included in the resolution.)
Perhaps RNC Chairman Reince Priebus hopes to “put a thumb on the scales,” to borrow text from his resolution, and encourage the films to add material portraying Clinton in an unfavorable light in an attempt to be objective. On the other hand, since neither NBC Entertainment (separate from NBC News and NBC, but owned by the same corporate parent) nor CNN has indicated they’ll cancel the airing of films, what do they have to lose in making it however they please?"
"No one knows if the documentary planned by CNN and the mini-series planned by NBC Entertainment will be “extended commercials promoting former Secretary Hillary Clinton,” because they haven’t been made yet, and the latter doesn’t even have a script. (Also, the New York Times reported that Fox’s production company may make the Clinton film with NBC, though Fox News isn’t included in the resolution.)
Perhaps RNC Chairman Reince Priebus hopes to “put a thumb on the scales,” to borrow text from his resolution, and encourage the films to add material portraying Clinton in an unfavorable light in an attempt to be objective. On the other hand, since neither NBC Entertainment (separate from NBC News and NBC, but owned by the same corporate parent) nor CNN has indicated they’ll cancel the airing of films, what do they have to lose in making it however they please?"
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Science Fiction Tricked Hollywood Into Making the Year's Most Radical Film | Motherboard
Science Fiction Tricked Hollywood Into Making the Year's Most Radical Film | Motherboard:
"This is part of what makes science fiction so valuable; a film set in the present about a sick minority and an ex-con suffering from radiation poisoning illegally crossing the border to forcibly obtain better health care wouldn't have a snowball's chance in future-hell-Earth of getting produced in Hollywood. But that's basically the plot of this film; since it's transported into the future, its dystopian technologic sheen and eye-popping robo-visuals obscure the fact that the film is an epic, prolonged quest for social justice."
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"This is part of what makes science fiction so valuable; a film set in the present about a sick minority and an ex-con suffering from radiation poisoning illegally crossing the border to forcibly obtain better health care wouldn't have a snowball's chance in future-hell-Earth of getting produced in Hollywood. But that's basically the plot of this film; since it's transported into the future, its dystopian technologic sheen and eye-popping robo-visuals obscure the fact that the film is an epic, prolonged quest for social justice."
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Daily Kos: 15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media
Daily Kos: 15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media:
"While I share Prince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like to go on record and state that the media isn't focusing on issues I care about. They seem to be far more focused on entertainment and making money.
Don't believe me?"
"While I share Prince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like to go on record and state that the media isn't focusing on issues I care about. They seem to be far more focused on entertainment and making money.
Don't believe me?"
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Did You Hear About The Morgans? - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube
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| Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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Documentary Film Series will tell the Story of the History of the American Labor Movement | The Advocate Online
Documentary Film Series will tell the Story of the History of the American Labor Movement | The Advocate Online: "One of the most important stories in American history has never been told on film….
…Strength In Union will tell that story!
The struggle for working class men and women to gain union representation is a tale of violent battles, political intrigues, complex conspiracies, and legal confrontations. It is a story that has shaped our government, economy, and affected the living standards of every American.
The Arete Living Arts Foundation would like to announce Strength In Union, an epic documentary film series that will bring to life the dramatic history of the American Labor movement. The film began production in April of 2012, and has a scheduled completion date of spring 2014."
…Strength In Union will tell that story!
The struggle for working class men and women to gain union representation is a tale of violent battles, political intrigues, complex conspiracies, and legal confrontations. It is a story that has shaped our government, economy, and affected the living standards of every American.
The Arete Living Arts Foundation would like to announce Strength In Union, an epic documentary film series that will bring to life the dramatic history of the American Labor movement. The film began production in April of 2012, and has a scheduled completion date of spring 2014."
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Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
This documentary explores the history and changing racial attitudes of Neshoba County, Mississippi four decades after the murders of three civil rights activists. The film captures the complex and controversial trial of a former KKK member, Edgar Ray Killen.
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What's Wrong With Business And The Economy - Business Insider
What's Wrong With Business And The Economy - Business Insider:
"The real problem is that American corporations, which are richer and more profitable than they have ever been in history, have become so obsessed with "maximizing short-term profits" that they are no longer investing in their future, their people, and the country."
"The real problem is that American corporations, which are richer and more profitable than they have ever been in history, have become so obsessed with "maximizing short-term profits" that they are no longer investing in their future, their people, and the country."
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TVTechnology: McAdams On: TV Everywhere, Why Aereo Wins the PR War...
TVTechnology: McAdams On: TV Everywhere, Why Aereo Wins the PR War...:
"Television is at the event horizon of an IP singularity. The singularity is where all content creation and distribution occurs on IP-based networks. The event horizon is where the chaos happens. As such, there are profuse moving parts going in multiple and unpredictable directions."
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"Television is at the event horizon of an IP singularity. The singularity is where all content creation and distribution occurs on IP-based networks. The event horizon is where the chaos happens. As such, there are profuse moving parts going in multiple and unpredictable directions."
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Interviews - Mark Klein | Spying On The Home Front | FRONTLINE | PBS
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| Cray X-MP/24 (serial no. 115) used by NSA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
"Klein worked for more than 20 years as a technician at AT&T. Here he tells the story of how he inadvertently discovered that the whole flow of Internet traffic in several AT&T operations centers was being regularly diverted to the National Security Agency (NSA). Klein is a witness in a lawsuit filed against AT&T by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which alleges AT&T illegally gave the NSA access to its networks. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on Jan. 9, 2007."
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TSA Attempts to Confiscate Chewbacca Actor's Light Saber-Shaped Cane
TSA Attempts to Confiscate Chewbacca Actor's Light Saber-Shaped Cane:
"Mayhew, who was on his way home to Dallas after the Denver Comic Con, tweeted about the incident, and then informed his followers that he was only released – with his cane – after the news hit Twitter."
"Mayhew, who was on his way home to Dallas after the Denver Comic Con, tweeted about the incident, and then informed his followers that he was only released – with his cane – after the news hit Twitter."
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Masterpiece | Any Human Heart | PBS
Masterpiece | Any Human Heart | PBS:
"How can a man in the bloom of youth, pursuing writing and sex with equal vigor, end up grizzled, old, and surrounded by piles of boxes and paper, the detritus of a life? The answer is the story of Logan Mountstuart, who believes, "Every human being is a collection of selves...we never stay just one person." And the twentieth century provides the perfect backdrop for Logan to live out his lives, drinking absinthe with Ernest Hemingway, initiated into intrigue by Ian Fleming, and embroiled in the arch expat world of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A novelist, war correspondent, father, spy, prisoner of war, art dealer, husband, and many times over, a lover — an Everyman of sorts — Logan is played at three junctures of his life by Sam Claflin, Matthew Macfadyen (Little Dorrit), and Jim Broadbent. An intimate take on a sweeping century, Any Human Heart is based on the bestselling book by William Boyd and also stars Kim Cattrall (My Boy Jack), Gillian Anderson (Bleak House) and Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park)."
"How can a man in the bloom of youth, pursuing writing and sex with equal vigor, end up grizzled, old, and surrounded by piles of boxes and paper, the detritus of a life? The answer is the story of Logan Mountstuart, who believes, "Every human being is a collection of selves...we never stay just one person." And the twentieth century provides the perfect backdrop for Logan to live out his lives, drinking absinthe with Ernest Hemingway, initiated into intrigue by Ian Fleming, and embroiled in the arch expat world of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A novelist, war correspondent, father, spy, prisoner of war, art dealer, husband, and many times over, a lover — an Everyman of sorts — Logan is played at three junctures of his life by Sam Claflin, Matthew Macfadyen (Little Dorrit), and Jim Broadbent. An intimate take on a sweeping century, Any Human Heart is based on the bestselling book by William Boyd and also stars Kim Cattrall (My Boy Jack), Gillian Anderson (Bleak House) and Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park)."
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April 09 Eadweard J Muybridge
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| Animal locomotion. Plate 52 (Photo credit: Boston Public Library) |
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| Animal locomotion. Plate 644 (Photo credit: Boston Public Library) |
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| Animated sequence of a dog galloping (slow motion). Photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge (died 1904), first published in 1887 at Philadelphia (Animal Locomotion). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| English: Gait of Leptoptilos dubius - photographic study by Eadweard Muybridge (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904) - Animal Locomotion - (1887) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Animal locomotion. Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a baboon running. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York, 1887, pl. 748. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Eadweard Muybridge: Animal Locomotion (Menschen) – Plate 177 1887 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Zoopraxiscope 16485u (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| A phenakistoscope disc by Eadweard Muybridge (1893). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June 1878 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Simulation of a spinning zoopraxiscope (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| The sequence is set to motion using these frames (Human and Animal Locomotion, plate 700, Buffalo galloping). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Animated sequence of a race horse galloping. Photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge (died 1904), first published in 1887 at Philadelphia (Animal Locomotion). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Eadweard Muybridge (photographer) was born in the town in 1830 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was an English photographer, known primarily for his important pioneering work on animal locomotion, with use of multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip that is used today.
