http://www.engagemedia.org Channel for Fiction on EngageMedia daily 1 2008-11-12T00:06:38Z http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/namita/videos/brokeback_bharat2.mpg/view A gay/queer look at mainstream Indian cinema (only Bollywood) An example of using mainstream media content to make your own message. Is it fair use? Copyright violation? Or a parody or spoof? EngageMedia namita remix txap India anti-sodomy 2008-11-04T03:06:49Z Video video/mpeg http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/Komas/videos/JOM_GI_MINUM.mpg/view We follow Arasu on his job hunt after graduation as he experiences more than just racial treatment. EngageMedia Komas Race relations, Bangsa Malaysia, work, stereotype 2008-11-03T04:56:55Z Video video/mpeg http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/isabelle78/videos/unang_araw.avi/view The violence and depravity of those who carry out torture. Inspired by actual accounts of Berlin Guerrero, a United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) pastor who was abducted and tortured by government security forces on May 28, 2007. EngageMedia isabelle78 RIGHTS, STEX, FJBM, jonas burgos, pastor berlin, PSA 2008-06-01T10:43:38Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/isabelle78/videos/the_disappeared.avi/view Through a montage of places, objects and people, the film depicts what is left behind after an activist is forcibly taken. EngageMedia isabelle78 RIGHTS, PSA, STEX, FJBM, jonas burgos, PSA 2008-06-01T10:43:35Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/isabelle78/videos/juan_takbo.avi/view A real-time portrayal of the threat and danger involved when exposing the truth with only a camera as weapon. EngageMedia isabelle78 Rights campaign, stex, public service ads, PSA, FJBM, jonas burgos 2008-06-01T10:43:33Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/mien/videos/harga_cinta.mp4/view Aini lives with her mum in an urban poor village in the city. her mum works in a factory that packaged mineral water bottles. In this place and time, water has been privatized and cost too much for them to afford it, so her mother takes the water from the well, in hope of having some savings for Aini to buy a computer. One day, her mother falls ill and Aini rush off to buy her clean water. She realized she doesn't have enough money to buy the water, then Joshua came. EngageMedia mien 2008-05-14T10:06:56Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/robbie/videos/Open_for_Inspection.mp4/view Madaline isn't looking for that dream house, she just wants to dream a little. EngageMedia robbie Housing 2008-05-13T07:41:00Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/SquatFest/videos/urban_spaceman.avi/view Being lost in space is as disorienting as being lost in the confines of your own life. The URBAN SPACEMAN explores the feelings of solitude and regret that manifest when people are stuck in the past. EngageMedia SquatFest NASA space lost squatfest 07 2008-04-29T02:48:14Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/SquatFest/videos/d.i.why.not.avi/view A satirical convergence of D.I.Y and Wife/Swap, this film explores the social connotations of masculinity and femininity. EngageMedia SquatFest femininity DIY masculinity squatfest 07 2008-04-28T07:22:02Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/vjicandy/videos/the_drain_maidens.mov/view Three homophobic suburban stoners enter a storm water drain, unsuspecting of the horror that lies in store. EngageMedia vjicandy pop culture drain cave clan horror black comedy the Hobby Whores 2008-04-18T00:31:41Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/SquatFest/videos/07-detour.avi/view Sometimes people need to take a DETOUR to see themselves clearly and be liberated from their everyday routine. EngageMedia SquatFest liberation squatfest 06 2008-04-14T03:03:39Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/SquatFest/videos/02-ticket.avi/view THE TICKET is a comedic look at the juxtaposition between illusion and reality. It tells the story of two complete individuals that seemingly fall in love when they try and escape their monotonous lives. EngageMedia SquatFest reality escapism comedic squatfest 06 2008-04-10T00:43:16Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/SquatFest/videos/09-birdcage.avi/view BIRDHOUSE is an animated short film that resonates with real life complexities about self-identity. EngageMedia SquatFest squatfest 06 2008-04-08T03:01:07Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/mien/videos/laundry.mp4/view As Davina does her laundry, she was confronted with Iyem, her neighbor's domestic worker from Indonesia. Iyem began to share stories behind closed door to her. Davina now have to figure out what she would do with these stories. EngageMedia mien 2008-01-30T00:43:55Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/mien/videos/selamat_harijadi.mov/view After 50 (or is it 44?) years of being together, as a team; there are still many things that perplexes us about each other in Malaysia. From gender to religion, it is never really just about race with us. But the point is (if there ever should be a point), does it matter? EngageMedia mien featured 2008-02-05T02:31:39Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/phototropism/videos/climate_hero_2050_final_cut.mov/view Climate Hero retires to live a quiet life in the countryside, but there is one more mission... EngageMedia phototropism 2050 superhero climate hero climate change global warming UK 2008-01-10T23:01:11Z Video video/quicktime http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/robbie/videos/toil-and-trouble.mp4/view When the warehouse Boss lowers the overheads on the workers things get nasty. Luckily, pallet-stacker Bronwen has a black belt in Industrial Relations. WARNING: Contains Extreme Mime Violence and German Expressionism EngageMedia robbie Industrial Relations Mime German Expressionism AWA Class War 2007-10-04T07:34:55Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/robbie/videos/Cycle_Courier.mp4/view Sarah is a Cycle Courier chasing the money, but can she put a price on her freedom? EngageMedia robbie 2008-06-11T14:41:32Z Video video/mp4 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/robbie/videos/castle-on-the-sand.avi/view Graham has built the most fantastic castle on the beach but the tides's rising... and he's not going to give up without a fight. A short-fiction-comedy tackling climate change and a rather uncanny response to a warming planet. EngageMedia robbie featured Comedy 2007-10-04T07:37:38Z Video video/x-msvideo http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/sarahjane/videos/emotional_news_sad_qt.mov/view With Tanya Schiender. From the Ministry of Truth. EngageMedia sarahjane video vortex ministry of truth 2007-09-21T05:34:52Z Video video/quicktime