October 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of the 2012 federal austerity budget. It is time to light the spark that sets off a true democratic, non-violent transition to a world in which people are freed to create fair and sustainable solutions.
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Infiltration into the convention of a major American political party. The independent video maker enters the convention very discreetly and within a few minutes reaches the presidential stratum. 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.
Over the course of the last century, the US has encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. Today, they amount to more than 700, in 40 countries. No continent is spared. They are one the most powerful forces at play in the world today, yet one of the less talked-about. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most. Why do countries like Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea still host hundreds of US military bases and thousands of US soldiers? And why is the US aggressively expanding in many new countries? How do the bases affect local populations, and what stance has president Obama taken on this controversial subject? This documentary film answers these and other questions both through the words of prominent experts, intellectuals and ex-insiders – Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Chalmers Johnson and others – and through the shocking but often inspiring stories of those directly affected by US bases in Italy, Japan, the Indian Ocean and elsewhere.
In Standard Operating Procedure, filmmaker Errol Morris examines the context of the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs—how these photos exposed alleged U.S. violations of the Geneva Conventions in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq.
UntitledHester dressed as Jesus Christ sings "A Spy in the House of Love" by The Doors. In the background images of Babylonian excess... 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.
Running away from home.
UntitledYear 1992, the US presidential elections seen through the pirated satellite images of media corporations. Brian Springer reveals the wings of the media stage, contrasting footage from two different sources: the official media images beamed out to homes all around the world, and images meant for internal use by mass media multinationals. Images of collaborators, spin doctors, politicians and media agents preparing strategies to defeat the enemy in the arena of the television spectacle.
UntitledFrom the outside of the Guggenheim Museum, through glass walls, a home video camera records the social activity provoked by an Antonio Tàpies exhibition. An unsettling camera movement gives us these images, accompanied by the soundtrack of "The Critters". 3rd Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.
UntitledYear 2007, in a crater caused by an explosion nuclear in the outskirts of Las Vegas, a telepathic woman and her father, a technological delinquent organize..."Dear earthlings...". S.O.S is an activist science fiction collage about the Autonomous Resistance against globalization and the "New Electromagnetic Order". 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show