We will not have lab this week on Thursday, November 27th, because of Thanksgiving. In the wake of the court decision yesterday regarding the death of Michael Brown, I wanted to share this short film below, made by friends of mine in Ferguson.
‘Am I Next?': Ferguson’s Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager from Transient Pictures on Vimeo.
Also, a student had asked for a list of good documentaries to watch. Below is a LONG list, compiled by members of a filmmakers collective that I'm a part of:
Recommended Documentaries
Harlan County USA
Dark Days
American Movie
Home Movie
Heart of Darkness
Devils Playground
The Cruise
Koyaanisqatsi
Thin Blue Line
Dark Days
American Movie
Home Movie
Heart of Darkness
Devils Playground
The Cruise
Koyaanisqatsi
Thin Blue Line
Last Train Home
Manufactured Landscapes
Brother's Keeper
Some Kind of Monster
Little Dieter Needs To Fly + Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner/All Herzog
The Staircase
Position Among the Stars
Sir, No Sir
In The Year of the Pig
The Up series
Best Boy
The Oath
The Sorrow and the Pity
Night and Fog
Paris is Burning
Crumb
Point of Order
God's Country
And The Pursuit of Happiness
Unravelled
Let There Be Light
Sweetgrass
The Gleaners and I
The trials of henry kissinger
All by Errol Morris (some listed above)
35 Up (Michael Apted) and the "Up" series (interviews with a broad range of classes and people every 7 years for the past 42 years)
No end in sight
The Glass House
Burma VJ
Any docs by Werner Herzog
Spellbound
Dogtown and Z Boys
Strictly Ballroom
Black power mixtape
Marwencol
Best worst movie
Beaches of Agnes
Vernon, Florida
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Tabloid
Lessons in Darkness
White Diamond
Grizzly Man
Burden of Dreams (about making Fitzcarraldo)
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Jesus Camp
Red Chapel
Google Baby
Exit Through the Giftshop
The Imposter
Trouble the Water
Capturing the Freidmans
Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Tyson
Zoo
The Finale of "This American Life" season two (the "John Smith" thing)
Sherman's March (a classic)
5 broken cameras
Black Sun
Battle of Chile
The five obstructions
Because we were born
Salesman
Abedland
Manda Bala
In A Dream
Salesman
Brother's Keeper
Beaches of Agnes
Cat without a grin
To Be and To Have
Murderball
Sound and Fury
October Country
Eyes on the Prize (Henry Hampton, 6-part series on the Civil Rights movement)
Tongues Untied (Marlon Riggs)
Streetwise (Mary Ellen Marks)
Life and Times of Harvey Milk
28 Up
Hearts and Minds (About Vietnam and Veterans - when John Kerry still had courage)
Tongues Untied (Marlon Riggs)
Streetwise (Mary Ellen Marks)
Life and Times of Harvey Milk
28 Up
Hearts and Minds (About Vietnam and Veterans - when John Kerry still had courage)
