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We Heart Stuff, posted a feature on this short film directed by Nicolas Randall and Joe Stevens which played at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The film which may be set to become a feature length documentary looks at a group of Trinidadian kids in New York, who are combining the sound-system / bass culture of their homeland with bicycles.
Last summer in a cramped, rented garage on the outskirts of Queens, NY something incredible was happening. Nicholas Ragbir, an imaginative tinkerer from Trinidad was working late into the nights creating something nobody had ever seen: enormously powerful stereo PA systems jerry rigged onto ordinary bmx bikes. It wasn’t long before Nick assembled a small crew of like-minded riders. Traveling together, each behind the handlebars of his or her own massive homemade creation, they treat the neighborhood to an outrageous impromptu music and dance party on wheels.
You can view the trailer on the films official website www.madeinqueensfilm.com
Once upon a time over 14% (The 1920's) of US farmers where black, now its well under 1%. Documentary maker David Snider follows photographer John Ficara as he takes images for his "American Black Farmer Project.
"They only lend you enough money to get in touble, they know it, they loan you the money to fail, you know" ... Willie Adams (farmer)
Watch 40 Acres and a Dream atThe Photography Channel website.
Alive In Joburg is a short documentary style Sci-Fi film by Neill Blomkam, the South African aspiring director and FX guy behind the dancing robot Citroen commercial. Neil was rumoured to be penciled in to direct the Halo movie, but with that ground to a halt his first full length movie it set to be District 9 (Which appears to be based on Alive In Joburg).
Jonás and Alfonso Cuarón's (Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men) short documentary based on the book (The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism) by Naomi Klein.
MUTO is a short film by Blu an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche).
MrDisgusting posted this over at bloody-disgusting.com and its really is a very cool bit of claymation. From youtube user 'takena' comes this excellent claymation short about a faithful maid and flesh munching zombies.
You can check out takena's website Here
This 1983, 34-minute short film comes from director Robert Harmon, on the strength of which he was given the task of helming his next project, 1986's road movie thriller The Hitcher. Harmon's first directorial project, China Lake, was intended to showcase his talents as a director, the field he hoped to move to from still and motion picture photographer. Shot over 11 days in 1981, the film experienced extended post-production, which gave rise to the two year delay in release. The finished product, viewed as an extra on The Hitcher DVD, clearly shows why he got picked up for the feature-length project.
Charles Napier, the recognisably-faced and guttural-voiced star of many an American series, plays Donnelly, a friendly-faced highway cop with an unusual vacation pastime. Ever the dedicated worker, Donnelly dons his uniform and mounts his motorcycle ready to patrol the dusty desert roads for anything untoward, even on his China Lake break. The only thing untoward out there on the road, though, is Donnelly himself, whose actions in the line of duty incorporate a rather sinister aspect.
The build-up to The Hitcher is evident here, similarly shades of Spielberg's TV movie extraordinaire, Duel, are also apparent. Harmon works well the classic premise of authority gone to pot as the figure of abiding law calmly and quietly goes off the rails. Napier is perfectly cast as the lone and apparently sane figure who is anything but, and Harmon's direction is knowingly confident for a first-time effort. The cinematography makes good use of the oppressively barren surroundings, and shots of the physically impressive Napier exercising out in the desert undersore just what this film's about. At 34 minutes, this is a perfectly-formed mini-movie which uses to full effect the always frightening idea of carefully controlled lunacy, particularly in an authority figure. Beth Tate, who co-wrote with Harmon, went on to produce a TV movie, The China Lake Murders, based on this film in 1990 which sounds like it may well be worth hunting down for some more of Donnelly's dastardly doings.
Buy It: amazon.co.uk (China Lake appears as an extra on the region 2 Special Edition DVD of the Hitcher released by Momentum Pictures)
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