Stephen Hawking – Long Time Survival of the Human Species
Dr. Stephen Hawking has enriched the world with his contributions to science. He’s also something of a philosopher, and many of his ideas have widespread implications. Here’s a funky art piece with some spooky imagery. Let it all sink in.
Read PostOur Children Will Accuse Us: Rough Video on Environmental Hazards
Our Children Will Accuse Us: A Warning for the Future Thoughtful Piece on Environmental Hazards This French documentary, titled Our Children Will Accuse Us, is about chemicals and environmental hazards causing childhood leukemia and cancer in France. This excerpt from a feature length doc may not be easy to watch, but it needs to be […]
Read PostFrequent Fliers: Confessions of the Point Obsessed
Here’s an interesting video about a small group of people obsessed with accruing frequent flier points. My opinion is that it goes WAY beyond obsession, these people are addicts. The long haired fellow running the meeting, Tom Kraetleur, used to be a regular guest of mine one of my CNN shows talking about discount flying. […]
Read PostThe Mecca Diaries – First Person Documentary
Here’s a very cool first person documentary piece that I found on vbs.tv called the Mecca Diaries. It documents VBS VICE Founder Suroosh Alvi’s pilgrimage with his family to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It’s a hard to get insider’s look at the once in a lifetime pilgrim all Muslim’s are supposed to take (a Hajj) […]
Read PostRoger and Zapp Band Talk Box
Here’s an excerpt from a documentary about Roger Troutman and Zapp. This specific clip explores the band’s pioneering use of the ‘talk box’ while the film uses interviews with Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Zapp and others. My friend and Columbia J school classmate Frank Williams produced the doc. Here’s a description from the web site. […]
Read PostBetween the Folds: An Origami Film
This movie is about far more than it seems at first blush. It’s about potential and art within science. Look for the doc airing Dec 8 on the show PBS’s Independent Lens. The doc tells the story of 10 artists and scientists who are practitioners of origami – the fine art of paper-folding. It shows […]
Read Post“One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur” – A Rocking Trippy Documentary
How do you make a movie about Jack Kerouac’s writing appeal to a whole new generation? Take some of the best rock and rollers from this generation and have them create a music track for the film. That’s what has kept this two year old film from being released, but the wait is well worth […]
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