ProfileName
|
Recent posts Street Art CentralStreet Art is the biggest global art movement in history. With over 100 shorts and features... Read More » |
Editor's picks  24 videos |
|
Babelgum Film
Steal This Film
expand
Steal This Film
Similar videos
| 10 videos
59:33
Satellite Queens
"Focusing on the popular women talk show Kalam Nawaem ('Sweet talk' or 'Women's Talk'), this lively documentary explores how Arab satellite TV influences lifestyles and public opinion in the Middle East. Hosted by four charming women from four different Arab countries, this hugely successful prime time TV show brings the world seen from the vantage point of women to millions of Arab viewers worldwide.
Discussing hot issues like homosexuality, terrorism, and masturbation, Lebanese Rania, Egyptian Fawzia, Palestinian Farah, and Saudi Muna are the controversial stars of a record- breaking television format, bringing in millions of dollars in advertising revenue for its Saudi owners.
Who are these charming women breaking new ground? How do they use the power of media to change their world? And what happens when their conservations are heard in Arab living rooms? Satellite Queens is an intimate look at the making of Arab public opinion."
"Focusing on the popular women talk show Kalam Nawaem ('Sweet talk' or 'Women's Talk'), this lively documentary explores how Arab satellite TV influences lifestyles and public opinion in the Middle East. Hosted by four charming women from four different Arab countries, this hugely successful prime time TV show brings the world seen from the vantage point of women to millions of Arab viewers worldwide.
Discussing hot issues like homosexuality, terrorism, and masturbation, Lebanese Rania, Egyptian Fawzia, Palestinian Farah, and Saudi Muna are the controversial stars of a record- breaking television format, bringing in millions of dollars in advertising revenue for its Saudi owners.
Who are these charming women breaking new ground? How do they use the power of media to change their world? And what happens when their conservations are heard in Arab living rooms? Satellite Queens is an intimate look at the making of Arab public opinion."
28:59
Tales of a Highway
Through storytelling and wide-ranging discussions from the concrete to the philosophical, this film explores the impacts of the A1 highway that runs from Amsterdam to Germany. A young Dutch woman interviews local residents in central Holland, searching for clues as to where her grandparent's farm house once stood. She suspects the house was destroyed by the building of the highway, but finds clues in the landscape as to where it might have been. In a parallel story, a group of civil engineers, architects, and artists explore the cultural and ecological impacts of the highway. They propose various ways in which the highway can be better integrated with local communities and made more environmentally friendly.
Through storytelling and wide-ranging discussions from the concrete to the philosophical, this film explores the impacts of the A1 highway that runs from Amsterdam to Germany. A young Dutch woman interviews local residents in central Holland, searching for clues as to where her grandparent's farm house once stood. She suspects the house was destroyed by the building of the highway, but finds clues in the landscape as to where it might have been. In a parallel story, a group of civil engineers, architects, and artists explore the cultural and ecological impacts of the highway. They propose various ways in which the highway can be better integrated with local communities and made more environmentally friendly.
49:26
China’s Sexual Revolution
CHINA'S' SEXUAL REVOLUTION is the world's first glimpse into this forbidden new China, often using secret cameras. It's a surprising portrait of the Chinese today: the new free love generation that's left their parents in shock; the booming sex industry that's creating an HIV crisis; the new generation of career women and feminists that suddenly wants it all - while millions of men feel left out.
China's sexual libido was bottled up for 50 years, but now its bursting loose, with dramatic ramifications on marriage, personal freedom and the government itself.
Will the Sexual revolution succeed where the Tiananmen one failed?
CHINA'S' SEXUAL REVOLUTION is the world's first glimpse into this forbidden new China, often using secret cameras. It's a surprising portrait of the Chinese today: the new free love generation that's left their parents in shock; the booming sex industry that's creating an HIV crisis; the new generation of career women and feminists that suddenly wants it all - while millions of men feel left out.
China's sexual libido was bottled up for 50 years, but now its bursting loose, with dramatic ramifications on marriage, personal freedom and the government itself.
Will the Sexual revolution succeed where the Tiananmen one failed?
04:44
Radar Fourteen: Honey, I Shrunk Red Hook
When curator Laura Arena approached MIT’s Luis Blackaller & Andy Cavatorta, her brief was simple: create something that initiates interaction between the inhabitants of the neighborhood. From the Portuguese fisherman to the Projects, to the artists and hipsters, to a new influx of people, Lucky Gallery sits at the crux of several different communities, none of whom talk, but acknowledge each other as familiar strangers. Luis and Andy’s response was to build a miniature version of Red Hook and populate it with photographic doll versions of people they met and talked to on the street. We join Luis and Andy as they prepare for the opening and watch as the element of play in a virtual world impacts communication in the real one.
When curator Laura Arena approached MIT’s Luis Blackaller & Andy Cavatorta, her brief was simple: create something that initiates interaction between the inhabitants of the neighborhood. From the Portuguese fisherman to the Projects, to the artists and hipsters, to a new influx of people, Lucky Gallery sits at the crux of several different communities, none of whom talk, but acknowledge each other as familiar strangers. Luis and Andy’s response was to build a miniature version of Red Hook and populate it with photographic doll versions of people they met and talked to on the street. We join Luis and Andy as they prepare for the opening and watch as the element of play in a virtual world impacts communication in the real one.
27:09
Modern English
A glimpse into mod culture from Carnaby Street fashion in the 60s to the continuing force of contemporary musical heavyweights Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller.
A glimpse into mod culture from Carnaby Street fashion in the 60s to the continuing force of contemporary musical heavyweights Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller.
19:58
Officer Down
Winner of the Short Film Award. Once a practicing Catholic, Vincent has become a vigilante cop in the NYPD who robs and kills drug dealers. When his son is almost killed in a hit and run, Vincent sets out to find the one responsible. As clues bring him closer to his mark, Vincent's tortured past comes back to haunt him - and what should be nothing more than a routine dose of street justice might not be quite that simple.
Winner of the Short Film Award. Once a practicing Catholic, Vincent has become a vigilante cop in the NYPD who robs and kills drug dealers. When his son is almost killed in a hit and run, Vincent sets out to find the one responsible. As clues bring him closer to his mark, Vincent's tortured past comes back to haunt him - and what should be nothing more than a routine dose of street justice might not be quite that simple.
01:31
Babelgum Channels - January 2008
A quick overview of some of most popular branded channels on Babelgum, including Off The Fence, Ministry Of Sound, Serie A, Rushes Soho Film Festival and the Encounters Film Festival
A quick overview of some of most popular branded channels on Babelgum, including Off The Fence, Ministry Of Sound, Serie A, Rushes Soho Film Festival and the Encounters Film Festival
03:07
The Work's the Thing (Abigail Norris & Jerry Rothwell)
A short film about the art and working methods of Paul Housley. Born in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, in 1964, Paul studied at the Royal College of Art. He has an interest in observing the everyday and a penchant for humble mass-produced objects. Like a number of other young UK artists, Paul is returning to figurative painting, at a time when video, photography, installation and new media have attracted increased attention as art forms. Since the popularity of the young British artists, the rise of 'Brit Art' and the controversy of the Turner Prize, painting has taken a back seat. Damien Hirst was famously quoted as saying that painting was dead. Housley, however works with traditional materials, proving that painting is alive and has an energy and power of its own in today’s art world. His paintings play with our notions of taste, finding novelty in cliché and lyricism in mundane, blank objects like sports bags and light bulbs.
A short film about the art and working methods of Paul Housley. Born in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, in 1964, Paul studied at the Royal College of Art. He has an interest in observing the everyday and a penchant for humble mass-produced objects. Like a number of other young UK artists, Paul is returning to figurative painting, at a time when video, photography, installation and new media have attracted increased attention as art forms. Since the popularity of the young British artists, the rise of 'Brit Art' and the controversy of the Turner Prize, painting has taken a back seat. Damien Hirst was famously quoted as saying that painting was dead. Housley, however works with traditional materials, proving that painting is alive and has an energy and power of its own in today’s art world. His paintings play with our notions of taste, finding novelty in cliché and lyricism in mundane, blank objects like sports bags and light bulbs.
13:55
Kiss Me Quick: Brighton and the Dirty Weekend
Documentary exploring the history of the 'dirty weekend' in Brighton, looking at its mythical cultural status and significance.
Documentary exploring the history of the 'dirty weekend' in Brighton, looking at its mythical cultural status and significance.
01:02:14
OzDox: Video activism and the Chiapas Media Project
World-wide along with the extended use of video in both domestic and public environments, in the last decade we have seen the development of different independent and community media projects (not affiliated to media networks). These projects are run by communities (virtual or real) and respond to the beliefs and information needs of individuals not of large corporations. Independent media are becoming important instruments of democratisation, attempting to empower minorities and to challenge media institutions and their links to power structures. Amongst the different independent media projects video technology is playing an important role. Video technology allows ordinary people to register and report issues and events the big mainstream media corporations do not cover, like the uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional or Zapatista Nartional Liberation Army (EZLN) on 1 January 1994. Thanks to the auspices of the Pro medios de Comunicacion Comunitaria, also known as the Chiapas Media Project, indigenous Zapatistas in Chiapas and peasants in Guerrero, Mexico, have been able to learn how to use the video camera as a key weapon in their struggles for recognition and self-determination. The Chiapas Media Project is a collective media project that provides training and tools for indigenous peoples and peasants to produce their own videos. What makes the experience of the Chiapas Media Project unique is that it works with indigenous peoples and peasants. It has given them the training and equipment to become independent video-makers, to be able to self-represent and create their own audiovisual messages about who they are what are they fighting for, and what are they accomplishing in their struggle.
World-wide along with the extended use of video in both domestic and public environments, in the last decade we have seen the development of different independent and community media projects (not affiliated to media networks). These projects are run by communities (virtual or real) and respond to the beliefs and information needs of individuals not of large corporations. Independent media are becoming important instruments of democratisation, attempting to empower minorities and to challenge media institutions and their links to power structures. Amongst the different independent media projects video technology is playing an important role. Video technology allows ordinary people to register and report issues and events the big mainstream media corporations do not cover, like the uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional or Zapatista Nartional Liberation Army (EZLN) on 1 January 1994. Thanks to the auspices of the Pro medios de Comunicacion Comunitaria, also known as the Chiapas Media Project, indigenous Zapatistas in Chiapas and peasants in Guerrero, Mexico, have been able to learn how to use the video camera as a key weapon in their struggles for recognition and self-determination. The Chiapas Media Project is a collective media project that provides training and tools for indigenous peoples and peasants to produce their own videos. What makes the experience of the Chiapas Media Project unique is that it works with indigenous peoples and peasants. It has given them the training and equipment to become independent video-makers, to be able to self-represent and create their own audiovisual messages about who they are what are they fighting for, and what are they accomplishing in their struggle.
