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3 Still Standing
directed by Donna LoCicero, fl. 2000-2014 and Robert Campos, fl. 1981-2017; produced by Allison Hatcher, fl. 2014, Beanfield Production (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
3 Still Standing follows three veteran stand up comics as they struggle to survive the downfall of comedy in a changing world. Contemporaries of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, and others in the hotbed of San Francisco during the heady 1980s, success seems to be just one great set away for Will Durst, Larry "Bubbles...
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directed by Donna LoCicero, fl. 2000-2014 and Robert Campos, fl. 1981-2017; produced by Allison Hatcher, fl. 2014, Beanfield Production (Warren, NJ: Passion River Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
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3 Still Standing follows three veteran stand up comics as they struggle to survive the downfall of comedy in a changing world. Contemporaries of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, and others in the hotbed of San Francisco during the heady 1980s, success seems to be just one great set away for Will Durst, Larry "Bubbles" Brown, and Johnny Steele. Now that the heyday is over and comedy seems to have taken a hiatus, the skilled live performers must seek...
3 Still Standing follows three veteran stand up comics as they struggle to survive the downfall of comedy in a changing world. Contemporaries of Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, and others in the hotbed of San Francisco during the heady 1980s, success seems to be just one great set away for Will Durst, Larry "Bubbles" Brown, and Johnny Steele. Now that the heyday is over and comedy seems to have taken a hiatus, the skilled live performers must seek new ways to reinvent their acts in unfamiliar landscape of social media and online celebrity. With surprisingly serious intent - after all these men are comedians -- the "3" pursue creative ways to make their comebacks. 3 Still Standing is a 30-year roller-coaster ride through comedy's boom and bust, with recollections from contemporaries and close colleagues Rob Schneider and Paula Poundstone. And on a poignant note, we get to hear one of Robin Williams last recorded interviews.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Allison Hatcher, fl. 2014, Beanfield Production
Author / Creator
Donna LoCicero, fl. 2000-2014, Robert Campos, fl. 1981-2017
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Passion River Films
Speaker / Narrator
Johnny Steele, fl. 1982, Larry Bubbles Brown, fl. 1981-2017, Will Durst, 1952-
Person Discussed
Johnny Steele, fl. 1982, Larry Bubbles Brown, fl. 1981-2017, Will Durst, 1952-
Topic / Theme
Performing arts life, Comedians, Comedy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014
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The Brainwashing of My Dad
directed by Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015; produced by Adam Rackoff, fl. 2010, Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015 and Matthew Modine, 1959-, Jsenko Productions (Sunol, CA: Parallel Lines, 2015), 1 hour 29 mins
In Jen Senko’s award-winning new documentary, THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD, she seeks to discover why her WWII veteran father’s personality radically transformed from that of a non-political Kennedy Democrat to an angry right-wing fanatic after his discovery of Talk Radio and Fox News. In trying to understand ho...
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directed by Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015; produced by Adam Rackoff, fl. 2010, Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015 and Matthew Modine, 1959-, Jsenko Productions (Sunol, CA: Parallel Lines, 2015), 1 hour 29 mins
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In Jen Senko’s award-winning new documentary, THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD, she seeks to discover why her WWII veteran father’s personality radically transformed from that of a non-political Kennedy Democrat to an angry right-wing fanatic after his discovery of Talk Radio and Fox News. In trying to understand how this happened, Senko not only finds this to be a phenomenon, but also comes to a startling conclusion about the course of the media o...
In Jen Senko’s award-winning new documentary, THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD, she seeks to discover why her WWII veteran father’s personality radically transformed from that of a non-political Kennedy Democrat to an angry right-wing fanatic after his discovery of Talk Radio and Fox News. In trying to understand how this happened, Senko not only finds this to be a phenomenon, but also comes to a startling conclusion about the course of the media over the last 30-40 years. In her research she begins to see how a plan to create a media for the GOP by Roger Ailes concocted in the days of Nixon; the Lewis Powell Memo - urging business leaders to influence institutions of public opinion, especially the media; and under Reagan, the dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine, helped to change the nation’s direction and culture, misinformed millions, divided families and even the country itself. The documentary pulls back the curtain on the wizards behind the right-wing media phenomenon, and through interviews with Noam Chomsky, David Brock, Jeff Cohen, George Lakoff, Claire Connor, Dr. Kathleen Taylor, Frank Luntz and others, reveals the true story of the behind-the-scenes strategies designed to shift the national discourse to the Right.
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Date Written / Recorded
2015
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Adam Rackoff, fl. 2010, Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015, Matthew Modine, 1959-, Jsenko Productions
Author / Creator
Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Parallel Lines
Speaker / Narrator
Jen Senko, fl. 2006-2015, Matthew Modine, 1959-
Topic / Theme
Mass media, Political parties, Radicalism, Politics, Fathers, Political and Social Movements, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Parallel Lines
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Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
directed by Zack Taylor, fl. 2011 and Seth Smoot, fl. 1998; produced by Christine Günther, fl. 2010, Zack Taylor, fl. 2011 and Georg Petzold, fl. 2004, Seagull and Birch and Fireglory Pictures (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2016), 1 hour 27 mins
Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the format won’t die. Musicians like Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore join a new generation of bands releasing tapes to help Lou remember the importance of his creation.
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directed by Zack Taylor, fl. 2011 and Seth Smoot, fl. 1998; produced by Christine Günther, fl. 2010, Zack Taylor, fl. 2011 and Georg Petzold, fl. 2004, Seagull and Birch and Fireglory Pictures (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2016), 1 hour 27 mins
Description
Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the format won’t die. Musicians like Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore join a new generation of bands releasing tapes to help Lou remember the importance of his creation.
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Christine Günther, fl. 2010, Zack Taylor, fl. 2011, Georg Petzold, fl. 2004, Seagull and Birch, Fireglory Pictures
Author / Creator
Zack Taylor, fl. 2011, Seth Smoot, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Topic / Theme
Music industry, Audio recordings
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Seagull and Birch
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Citizen 3.0: Copyright, Creativity and Contemporary Culture
directed by Jason Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014 and Leigh Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014 (Kinobserver, 2008), 2 hours 9 mins
The digitization of media presents an opportunity to understand and enrich our culture by remixing its products. Examining the relationship between media, technology, culture, and democracy through the lens of copyright law, this documentary is a celebration of the cultural products we love and the many ways in wh...
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directed by Jason Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014 and Leigh Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014 (Kinobserver, 2008), 2 hours 9 mins
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The digitization of media presents an opportunity to understand and enrich our culture by remixing its products. Examining the relationship between media, technology, culture, and democracy through the lens of copyright law, this documentary is a celebration of the cultural products we love and the many ways in which they impact our hearts and minds. Citizen 3.0 employs and explores the fair use exception, and wonders whether this exemption to co...
The digitization of media presents an opportunity to understand and enrich our culture by remixing its products. Examining the relationship between media, technology, culture, and democracy through the lens of copyright law, this documentary is a celebration of the cultural products we love and the many ways in which they impact our hearts and minds. Citizen 3.0 employs and explores the fair use exception, and wonders whether this exemption to copyright law will be accepted as the healthy evolution of free expression or will ultimately be rejected as a trespass upon private property. This documentary includes interviews with those on both sides of the copyright equation, and raises intriguing questions about our copyright system and the culture of creation.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Jason Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014, Leigh Morfoot, fl. 2004-2014
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Kinobserver
Topic / Theme
Technology, Mass media, Creativity, Copyright, Political and Social Movements, Family and Culture, Science and Technology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by Kinobserver
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Crop
directed by Marouan Omara, 1987- and Johanna Domke, fl. 2010-2013; produced by DayDream Art Production and Danish Arts Council (Nicosia, Nicosia National District: Tetraktys Films, 2013), 50 mins
CROP is an absorbing account of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 - one that includes no images of the popular uprising itself. Filmed entirely within the offices of Al-Ahram, the country's largest state-run newspaper, the film is a series of carefully composed shots that expose the institution's functioning and the...
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directed by Marouan Omara, 1987- and Johanna Domke, fl. 2010-2013; produced by DayDream Art Production and Danish Arts Council (Nicosia, Nicosia National District: Tetraktys Films, 2013), 50 mins
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CROP is an absorbing account of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 - one that includes no images of the popular uprising itself. Filmed entirely within the offices of Al-Ahram, the country's largest state-run newspaper, the film is a series of carefully composed shots that expose the institution's functioning and the former regime's strict control over information. We are listening to the story of an older photojournalist, that missed out on the rev...
CROP is an absorbing account of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 - one that includes no images of the popular uprising itself. Filmed entirely within the offices of Al-Ahram, the country's largest state-run newspaper, the film is a series of carefully composed shots that expose the institution's functioning and the former regime's strict control over information. We are listening to the story of an older photojournalist, that missed out on the revolution due to a hospital stay.
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
DayDream Art Production, Danish Arts Council, Hani El Metenawy, fl. 2012-2013
Author / Creator
Marouan Omara, 1987-, Johanna Domke, fl. 2010-2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Tetraktys Films
Speaker / Narrator
Hani El Metenawy, fl. 2012-2013
Topic / Theme
Political causes, Revolutions, Newspapers, Thawret 25 yanāyir, Political and Social Movements, Egyptians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Tetraktys Films
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A Gamer's Life
directed by Adam Huffman, fl. 2016 and Anthony Daniel, 1991-; produced by Dream Comet Studios (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2016), 1 hour 22 mins
Gaming can be a fun hobby, but for some it can be a way of living. Follow this story about professional gamers as well as a few amateurs trying to reach that goal.
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directed by Adam Huffman, fl. 2016 and Anthony Daniel, 1991-; produced by Dream Comet Studios (El Segundo, CA: Gravitas Ventures, 2016), 1 hour 22 mins
Description
Gaming can be a fun hobby, but for some it can be a way of living. Follow this story about professional gamers as well as a few amateurs trying to reach that goal.
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dream Comet Studios
Author / Creator
Adam Huffman, fl. 2016, Anthony Daniel, 1991-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Topic / Theme
Video games, Non-traditional jobs
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Dream Comet Studios, LLC
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Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, American Film Foundation and Sanders and Mock Productions (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1997), 57 mins
Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?
A sequel to the award-winning Slow Fires: On th...
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, American Film Foundation and Sanders and Mock Productions (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1997), 57 mins
Description
Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?
A sequel to the award-winning Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record, it features such icons of the Information Age as Peter Norton (Norton Utilities) and Tim Berners-L...
Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?
A sequel to the award-winning Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record, it features such icons of the Information Age as Peter Norton (Norton Utilities) and Tim Berners-Lee (father of the World Wide Web).
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Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Terry Sanders, 1931-, American Film Foundation, Sanders and Mock Productions, Robert MacNeil, 1931-
Author / Creator
Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Speaker / Narrator
Robert MacNeil, 1931-
Topic / Theme
Computers, Archives and special collections, Electronic publishing, Recorded history, Dissemination of information, Digital communications
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 American Film Foundation
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Life Magazine's Best Photojournalists Tell Their Stories
directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want t...
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directed by David Hoffman, fl. 2012; produced by David Hoffman, fl. 2012 (Pottstown, PA: MVD Entertainment Group, 2005), 57 mins
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David Hoffman captured the stories of 15 Life Magazine photographers for this TV special. Each photographer presents best photographs and tells behind-the-scenes stories of how they were made. The results are extremely valuable for photographers and photojournalists, but also emotional for other viewers who want to relive some of the greatest moments of the 20th century, and some of the silliest as well. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
David Hoffman, fl. 2012, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Author / Creator
David Hoffman, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Speaker / Narrator
Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Topic / Theme
Magazines (Publications), Photography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005. Used by permission of MVD Entertainment Group
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Mad As Hell
directed by Andrew Napier, 1988-; produced by Andrew Napier, 1988-, Hal Duncan, fl. 2014, Eric Ekman, 1985-, Brenden Hubbard, fl. 2013, Tom Kleewein, fl. 2014-2014 and Preston Parish, fl. 2014-2014, Wrecking Crew Productions (New York, NY: Oscilloscope Pictures, 2014), 1 hour 23 mins
MAD AS HELL documents the tumultuous, at times hilarious and altogether astonishing trajectory of Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks' main host and founder, as he traverses from unknown Public Access TV host to internet sensation.
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directed by Andrew Napier, 1988-; produced by Andrew Napier, 1988-, Hal Duncan, fl. 2014, Eric Ekman, 1985-, Brenden Hubbard, fl. 2013, Tom Kleewein, fl. 2014-2014 and Preston Parish, fl. 2014-2014, Wrecking Crew Productions (New York, NY: Oscilloscope Pictures, 2014), 1 hour 23 mins
Description
MAD AS HELL documents the tumultuous, at times hilarious and altogether astonishing trajectory of Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks' main host and founder, as he traverses from unknown Public Access TV host to internet sensation.
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Napier, 1988-, Hal Duncan, fl. 2014, Eric Ekman, 1985-, Brenden Hubbard, fl. 2013, Tom Kleewein, fl. 2014-2014, Preston Parish, fl. 2014-2014, Wrecking Crew Productions, Ronen Landa, 1980-
Author / Creator
Andrew Napier, 1988-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Person Discussed
Cenk Uygur, 1970-
Topic / Theme
Journalists, Broadcast news, Internet broadcasts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 We Don't Need No Stinkin' LLC
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The Pornography of Everyday Life
produced by Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007 and Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2007), 35 mins
This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular cultur...
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produced by Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007 and Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2007), 35 mins
Description
This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular culture to demonstrate how pornography (defined as the sexualized domination, degradation, and objectification of women and girls and social...
This trenchant and provocative documentary essay will generate thought, analysis, and discussion in a wide variety of courses in women's and gender studies, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It incorporates more than 200 powerful images from advertising, ancient myth, contemporary art, and popular culture to demonstrate how pornography (defined as the sexualized domination, degradation, and objectification of women and girls and social groups who are put in the demeaned feminine role) is in reality a prevalent mainstream worldview.The film illustrates how the pornographic worldview is a generally accepted discourse, a habitual mode of thinking and acting that underpins not only sexism, but also racism, militarism, physical abuse and torture, and the pillaging of the environment. As such, pornography appears not only in overt, "hard-core" forms, but also in virtually every aspect of everyday life.As the film illuminates, even though pornography is generally thought to be the opposite of religion, it actually is an irrational belief system analogous to a religion. Like much patriarchal religious tradition, pornography is shown to be misogynistic and homophobic, and defines sex as "dirty" or debased and the opposite of the mind or spirit.Pornography is also shown to support the worst tendencies of patriarchal religions by appropriating previously sacred and potent images of women, sex, goddesses, and the feminine principle, colloquially known as Mother Earth or Mother Nature, and then ritually profaning and defaming them. This works not only to demean women but to justify and legitimize male divinity and worldly authority.The film concludes by suggesting alternatives and by illustrating how visionary thinkers and artists resist the pornographic worldview by re-imagining and restoring respect to eroticism, female sexuality, and the female divine, and by calling for new understandings of sexuality, nature, and society.The Pornography of Everyday Life is a superb and invigorating cultural exploration that will stir thought and engender classroom debate. It was written by and features Jane Caputi, Prof. of Women's Studies at Florida Atlantic University, and produced by award-winning filmmaker Susan Rosenkranz.
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Susan Rosenkranz, fl. 2007, Jane Caputi, 1953-, Jane Caputi LLC
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Women, Popular culture, Profanity, Sexism, Pornography
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 Berkeley Media
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