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Characters & Letters
A short documentary that profiles two of Nottingham England's top grafitti artists, friends Boaster & Kid30/Smallkid. We see how they met, how they got into their art, and how much work really goes into their masterpieces. Starring: Boaster & Kid30/Smallkid (smallkid.co.uk) Featuring: Daps & Onga Shot by: Will J Carman & Luke James Sound Operator: Rob Johnston Edited by: Will J Carman Music: Just Once[...]
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Influencers: How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious
Influencers is a short film that explores how trends in music, fashion and entertainment spread. It tries to get to the bottom of how a person can be greatly influential without taking a metric approach.
Official website: http://www.influencersfilm.com
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Bomb It – The Global Graffiti Documentary
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on 5 continents, BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70′s and 80′s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe. Featuring old school legends and current[...]
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The Hands of Hollywood
The true story of the meteoric rise and fall of Steve Hershon, Hollywood's go to hand insert model. Hershon’s career in Los Angeles started with him doing extra work, appearing on Happy Daysand Star Trek as a featured extra and eventually becoming a stand in. By way of the historicCentral Casting, he got his “big break” doing hand[...]
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Work of Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks is seen as one of the most prolific & diverse artists in America. A well known photographer, poet, writer, composer and filmmaker, Parks's artistic vision knows is endless. This candid portrait of the artist is a journey through the turning points in America's social history, punctuated by Parks' seminal works and his unique ability to[...]
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STYLE WARS [1983]
Style Wars is a 1983 documentary on the hip hop culture in New York. The film has an focus on graffiti, although "bboying" and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The documentary shows both young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, examines their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as[...]
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Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer
This 25 minute documentary interviews the well known author, Ray Bradbury, about his creative process and[...]
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Amen Break
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate[...]
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The Genius of Mozart
‘The Genius of Mozart’ recreates the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791). Charles Hazlewood, a popular composer and presenter brings an insightful, educational dimension to this historically accurate docudrama. The story begins with the Mozart’s father Leopold with whom Mozart had a zealous and tortured correspondence. Mozart’s music and his inspiration behind them are given a[...]
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The Mystery of Picasso
The Mystery of Picasso is a 1956 film, made by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It aims to unravel Picasso’s process of painting and of artistic production of metaphysical meta-projects in just 75 minutes. This film documents the production of 20 original works by Picasso. Here we see how Picasso’s earlier works were made principally in black ink, with little[...]
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That’s Greece
This short documentary is really good attempt by the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (BHCC) when they presented this at their Annual Conference in London on 28 June 2011 to dispel many of the myths and common misconceptions surrounding Greece and it people. It is really pertinent in 2012 because the economic situation in Greece has[...]
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Challenge the Obvious
This is a social experiment and experience documentary starting in the poor favella's of Rio, Brazil but moving from there to the poorest areas of Philadelphia. Haas and Hahn are 2 dutch artists with "Challenge the Obvious" as their brand logo who look to make a massive impact upon these really poor areas..not for money!!! but to make[...]
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High Class Homeless
This documentary addresses the demise of many who decide that they simply cannot afford the luxury of living in rented accommodation and opt to live in an RV (recreational Vehicle) with all the associated difficulties and hassles. Documentarytube contacted Zack Lobisch, the artist responsible for the documentary to get his perspective of the video he had produced. This is[...]
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This Is Civilization
In ‘This Is Civilization’, Mathew Collings analyses how our world has been shaped by the cultures of the past and personally selects the greatest artistic moments and monuments from history in his quest. He travels across Europe, Egypt, China and the United States and offers a unique perspective on today’s social and political issues. Each episode[...]
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