Posts tagged "film and video"

  • Humanizing The Occupy Movement: Portraits of the 99 Percent

    AMO Grant Awardee Report #3: With Portraits of the 99 Perecent, San Francisco-based photographer Robert Schultze has set out to capture the human element of the Occupy movement. The project currently features over 300 high-quality images that help tell some of the many stories of the individuals who participated in the encampments across the country in the fall and winter.


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  • Activism & Fiction: Can fantasy tell the truth?

    A new documentary asks a key question about cultural organizing: Can fantasy and fiction tell a more truthful story about our political experience than what's being said in the 'real world' of media and politics? To answer that, Spanish filmmakers Leónidas Martín and Núria Campabadal turn to  several 'real life' fictional characters who would know, from the legendary Superbarrio of Mexico City, to the comic-book character Unemployed Man, to Reverend Billy. Many Occupy-related projects are included, from Anonymous to Occupy Comics, to the Occupy Ninjas.


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