1991 is a key date in the construction of the global empire. At the start of the first Gulf war, George Bush "the father", paraphrasing a soldier, declared: "I don't think we're in this war over the price of a barrel of oil, we're here to define the future of the world for the next 100 years".
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From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North' from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war. While our airwaves are crowded with talk of a new world war, narrated by generals and filmed from the noses of bombs, the human story of this global conflict remains untold. "The Fourth World War" brings together the images and voices of the war on the ground. It is a story of a war without end and of those who resist. The product of over two years of filming on the inside of movements on five continents, "The Fourth World War" is a film that would have been unimaginable at any other moment in history.
UntitledFULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR: Based On A Training Aid Developed For The U.S. Army*, is a squad-based real-time combat game that allows players to experience the intensity and gritty realism of urban combat warfare. As Squad Leader, take command and coordinate the actions of two infantry squads (Alpha and Bravo) leading them through a hostile urban warzone. KUMA WAR missions allow subscribers to experience first-hand some of the toughest fighting in the global war on terror because each mission is based on real-world events. Missions are developed and delivered to your computer with unprecedented speed so you can experience these critical current events soon after they happen. ICT. Part of the University of Southern California, the Institute for Creative Technologies is an award-winning research center that advances the state-of-the-art in virtual reality and immersive environments. The goal of the ICT is the creation of the Experience Learning System (ELS), which provides the ability to learn through active, as opposed to passive, systems. ICT will create the ELS by harnessing creative talent from the entertainment and game development industries and leading edge research on simulation technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Graphics and Sound. In addition, specific military training tasks (Future Combat Systems).But FCS is not just about platforms. It is also about command, information, logistics and fires networks, distributed sensors, and unmanned vehicles both aerial and terrestrial, all working together to make the future American soldier persuasive in peace and invincible in war.
UntitledA video essay of life in Baghdad before the invasion and occupation. Men dance, women draw and Sufis sing as they await the coming of another war. Notes, gifts, promises, paintings, trash, and other ephemera from the city which is now hardly a city.
UntitledSee America from the point of view of the Israeli ice cream truck vendor. This film is a documentary that portrays the neighborhoods of America through the point of view of the Israeli ice cream truck vendor. The film follows several such vendors in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina . The film follows the characters in their daily routine in cross cutting (in a parallel narrative). Throughout the film we learn about the different neighborhoods of Charlotte, and America - some segregated, some mixed. We learn about the vast differences in behavior, mentality, culture and way of life ? but when the ice cream truck comes to the neighborhood, everyone acts the same and wants the same thing: ice cream
UntitledThe second, ¡Tchkung! Vs. The State, is a one hour tribute to the relationship between a band and their local police and fire departments in the mid-90's. Recommended more for the serious ¡Tchkung! fan than for the casual viewer, it features home movie style depictions of performances, backstage preparation, police intervention, and street chaos.
UntitledEvery Saturday, members of a group called Falun Gong gather in front of the Chinese consulate on 42nd street in New York City to protest and meditate. On this Saturday, there was a blizzard. They stayed the whole two hours anyway, unmoved by external forces. In the peaceful faces battered by wind and snow, a combination of superhuman resilience and human folly emerges, a mix of absurdity and heroism, eliciting an uncomfortable reaction: we admire the strength of conviction while being tempted to judge the whole thing as fanatical. But here the struggle against nature has taken over the political struggle. Available online until December 27th 2020.
UntitledDecasia is composed entirely of decaying, nitrate-based archival footage which seems to melt, burn, drip and deteriorate before our very eyes. In his search for striking examples of emulsion deterioration, Morrison examined close to a thousand archive prints from numerous collections. But Decasia is no mere celebration of the psychedelic beauty of decay, for Morrison has deliberately chosen images which seem to push back against their own physical disintegration.
UntitledEdward Said talks about the context within which the book "Orientalism" was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient." Said argues that the Western (especially American) understanding of the Middle East as a place full of villains and terrorists ruled by Islamic fundamentalism produces a deeply distorted image of the diversity and complexity of millions of Arab peoples.
UntitledThis fascinating media archaeology document from the US Navy shows us a marine administering an enema to his brave companion, following the official method approved in US Navy manuals. From the The Subject is Sex collection.
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