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1) Mind Games
Publisher
Romar Spotlight Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This film incorporates interviews with retro gamers and experts in psychology, linguistics and education, to explore the advantages and disadvantages of video gaming. The result is a surprisingly entertaining, touching and informative look at how gaming has impacted lives and can have a revolutionary, positive impact on education...Two of the foremost thinkers in the study of video gaming share their insights in a way which appeals to both the general...
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory at London School of Economics, conveys the importance of voice and the challenge posed by media institutions that order the social, political, cultural, economic, and ethical dimensions of our lives.
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Denis McQuail, Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam, reflects on his prodigious career in the field of mass communications studies, highlighting both the benefits and dangers of mass communication to the individual and society.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Collection of four films featuring world-renowned cultural theorist Stuart Hall. In these films, Stuart Hall traces the social, intellectual, and institutional environment from which cultural studies emerged. An invaluable introduction to the issues that inspired cultural studies as both an intellectual and political project.
Publisher
Deep Dish TV
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The mainstream television networks have fanned the flames of war, and have profited from doing so. This program looks at how the U.S. corporate media has sanitized our field of vision. Part ten of a twelve part series from Deep Dish TV on the war in Iraq.
7) Manga Mad
Publisher
Ray Castle Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Comics and anime are the biggest pop culture in Japan. Manga are for adults, not only children. Politicians, office ladies and salarymen read them. Racy sexual and violent fantasies, beyond censorship, are given free reign in the world of manga. Obsessive fans are called Otaku. Electric town, Akihabara, Tokyo, comic capital of world, is their virtual reality wonderland. Comiket at Tokyo Big Site is the biggest comic market and cosplay gathering.
Publisher
Bond Educator
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Jack Tramiel invented Commodore in the 1970’s, he envisioned computing for the masses and not just the upper classes. Spearheading the personal technology revolution and combatting giants like Apple and IBM, Commodore became a household name by changing the way in which we interact, create and play with computers. From the advent of the groundbreaking Atari and Tetris games to the evolution of contemporary technological design, Growing The...
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A human, and humorous, look at New Jersey’s WFMU, a radio station that refuses any programming boundaries. Most of its disc jockeys are unpaid volunteers, working for their love of surprising, spontaneous radio. They play everything from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to every form of rock and roll, experimental music, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, hand-cranked wax cylinders, gospel, Inuit marching bands, R&B, C&W, radio improvisations, spoken-word...
Publisher
New Deal Films, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, week after week?' The Rio Grande Sun, published in Espanola, New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers in the country. Bob Trapp, the Sun's founder, editor, and publisher, is the quintessential newspaperman, the last of a vanishing breed--an honest, fearless, independent journalist,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim"Foley was kidnapped in Syria and went missing for two years before the infamous video of his public execution sent shockwaves and introduced much of the world to ISIS. Jim: The James Foley Story, by close childhood friend Brian Oakes, tells the story of his life through intimate interviews with his family, friends and fellow journalists – while fellow hostages reveal never-before-heard...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learns he has cancer, he dedicates his life to achieving his dream of performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. As Steve says, ‘If you stop chasing your dreams, you’re already dead.”
Publisher
Film Art Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set against the contrasting backdrops of Manhattan and Los Angeles, this film examines the life of one of the world’s greatest celebrities of print journalism - Dominick Dunne. ..Drawing on the memories of big names in Dunne’s field, including Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Tina Brown, Joan Didion and octogenarian New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith as well as legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans (The Godfather, Chinatown), the film...
Publisher
Comedy Dynamics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Featuring candid interviews with comedy legends, including: Janeane Garofalo, Jim Gaffigan, Margaret Cho, Aisha Tyler, Ari Shaffir, Kurt Metzger, Michael Che, Godfrey, Ted Alexandro and many more, Adventures in Comedy delves into the adversities that all comedians face on their roller coaster journeys toward fame. The film shadows one comic’s (Tom McCaffrey) experiences doing stand-up, giving a glimpse into the harsh realities and struggles that...
16) Homo Promo
Publisher
Jenni Olson
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful look at nearly every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977! Archivist Jenni Olson is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT film history — curated from her private collection of rare original 35mm coming attractions trailers, Homo Promo has entertained audiences at LGBT...
Publisher
Bond Educator
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This film shines a spotlight on the overlooked side of celebrity: the lookalikes. Take a trip into the enlightening and often times surreal life of impersonators as a "star studded" cast lead by Elvis, Obama, Lady Gaga and more embark on a journey to one of the premiere celebrity tribute artist conventions.
Publisher
Rendered Visible
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The internet age has revolutionised the porn business. On televisions, laptops and mobile phones, porn is increasingly accessible and free to view for all. How has this ‘Porn Revolution’ shaped young peoples’ nascent ideas and expectations of love, sex and relationships?..We follow a group of teenagers who, with unflinching honesty and realism, reflect on the influence of porn on their lives. Has it changed their sexual tastes and behaviours?...
19) The Porn Factor
Publisher
Rendered Visible
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Porn Factor takes viewers on a journey of discovery, from regional and urban Australia to the centre of the international porn industry in Los Angeles and back. Through candid interviews with young people, experts and porn industry professionals, The Porn Factor explores how pornography is shaping young people’s sexual expectations and experiences. It brings into compelling focus the 21st century challenges faced by parents, schools and others...
20) The social organism: a radical understanding of social media to transform your business and life
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From visionary tech entrepreneur Oliver Luckett and MIT Media Lab's Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit. In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself at the center of twenty-first century life. The combined power of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine have helped topple dictators and turned...
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