In 2003 the reality of war set in, amd the roar of the mainstream media seemed to deafen ours ears and stifle our voices. Hudson Mohawk Independent Media center respond by coming together to make these three documentaries. Independent Media in a time of war, Voices Against War, Women's fast for peace.
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Documents the march by hundreds of U.S. veterans and survivors of Hurricane Katrina through the ninth ward of New Orleans on the third anniversary of the war in Iraq.
A feature-length documentary that uncovers a retail giant's assault on families and American values. The film dives into the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight a Goliath.
A documentary about Nicaragua that explores the lives and work of the U.S. community residing in Managua.
Untitled"Waiting for Commercials" is a hilarious and kitschy compendium of Japanese TV advertising of the 70's, is a pioneering example of the appropriation of television imagery, while pop artifact.
Bringing democracy and capitalism closer together Voteauction was a Website which offered US citizens to sell their presidential vote to the highest bidder during the Presidential Elections 2000, Al Gore vs. G.W. Bush. The Website was conceived by the student James Baumgartner and then sold to the austrian business-artists Hans Bernhard (founder of etoy) and Lizvlx from UBERMORGEN.COM in Austria and (V)ote-auction Inc. in Sofia/Bulgaria [a subsidiary of the UBERMORGEN.COM group] for a undisclosed sum. Voteauction was UBERMORGEN.COMs feature Media Hacking performance in the year 2000.
Voices of Orchid Island focuses on the Yami community on Orchid Island, a small island located 45 miles off the southeast coast of Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean. The film explores the complex and often troubled relationship between the Yami and the outside world by looking at three different cases of “invasion.”
UntitledEarly attempts at critical observation of television were conditioned by the development of the first recording technology. This is the context of this historic Nam June Paik piece, a document about the feedback relationship between video and television, and the ability of television to filter and pixilate information. 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.
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