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Sound in Context (Full Film)
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Sound in Context is a short documentary exploring the unique practice of sound within the visual arts world. Through conversations with a number of key art institutions/galleries, artists and curators working with sound in the UK, Sound in Context allows practitioners to discuss some of the issues of presenting and exhibiting sound in the [...]
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The Revolution Will Not be Televised
A mighty interesting documentary about the fall and rise, again, of Hugo Chavez.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (a.k.a. Chavez: Inside the Coup) is a 2002 documentary about the April 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt which briefly deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. A television crew from Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ happened to be recording a documentary [...]
Posted in current affairs, documentaries, politics Also tagged conspiracy, hugo chavez, politics of latin america, usa foreign policy, venezuela Leave a comment
The Trap 1 – F**k You Buddy
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American Casino
Watch the trailer here. Full feature coming soon.
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Steve McQueen: "Hunger"
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Watch the film here for free.
Posted in politics, videos Also tagged britain, hunger, hunger strike, ira, ireland, mcqueen, thatcher Leave a comment
Capitalism: A Love Story
Watch the trailer of Michael Moore’s new documentary:
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Slavoj Žižek – Liebe dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!
A documentary made in 1996 about the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
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The Man Who Changed the World
Militant Islam enjoyed its first modern triumph with the arrival in power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran in 1979. In this series of three programmes, key figures tell the inside story.
Former US president Jimmy Carter talks on television for the first time about the episode that, more than any other, led American voters to eject [...]
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The Death of Yugoslavia
…is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995, and, also the name of a book written by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series. It covers the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. It is notable in its combination of never-before-seen archive footage interspersed with interviews of most of the main players in [...]
Untitled Video on Lynne Stewart and Her Conviction, The Law, and Poetry (2006) // by Paul Chan