"Beatles Electronique" reflects the interest of Paik by manipulating pop icons. This collection of work includes examples of germ appropriation of fragments of mass media, deconstruction and manipulation as political and cultural criticism.
'Beauty Lies' questions the ideals, motivations and images of beauty in the media that could be seen as manifesting a 'white standard' of beauty. Narrated through a series of intimate video diaries and interviews, Karen takes the viewer in many “forbidden” places. She seeks to challenge generations of deeply woven misconceptions of a beautiful by pivotally shaving off her permed straight hair and posing the question-where does beauty lie?
Twenty-eight members of filmmaker Claudia Lisboa's family have been operated at least once by her brother, who is a plastic surgeon in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her sister Juliana can't look angry thanks to her anti-wrinkle injections, Sergio himself has undergone four nose reductions, and their mother has had so many facelifts she is ageless. Claudia is the only one who has been spared the knife, and that's a real eyesore for the rest of them. She calls herself a “beauty refugee” and lives in Sweden, far away from the obsessions of her Brazilian family. In this personal documentary the filmmaker tries to reconstruct her youth and explores her own penchant for perfection.
Tender cadence, images of first steps in this life...
UntitledBecky's Story is a look at the results of Abstinence-Only Sex Education from the point of view of one teen mother. Becky tells her story in her own words – from taking the virginity pledge at church to juggling motherhood, work and school. “I took the pregnancy, and I remember I went to go take it and it came out positive right away, but then I was like “well, maybe it will change” so I waited 5 minutes or something and I went back in and it was still positive,” Becky says, before explaining that she “didn't think she would get pregnant.” Now she is an advocate for comprehensive sex education and confidential access to birth control for teens that are sexually active. Quirky animation and Ritsu Katsumata's funky music add humor and punch to an all too familiar tale.
"The life of objects intrigues me. Apparently inanimate take the soul, actions and lifestyle of its users. Here is a bed that provides evidence what's happening in the room of a decent family". 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
UntitledBoston, 1951: uncle Tommy makes home movies... then brings along his camera as a soldier in the Korean War.
Behind the scenes tour of NBC's radio and television broadcasting facilities at Rockefeller Center, New York City. The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is ten hidden behind the media curtain. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
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