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Posted: 21-Jun-2008 Video duration : 4 minutes 58 seconds
Taiwan: Bloggers' Further Action on Saving Losheng Sanatorium
As mentioned in the previous post, discussions and actions on saving Lo-Sheng Sanatorium have widely spread in Taiwan blogosphere. Now the whole event has also attracted attention from mainstream media, the public, and politicians. Read more…
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Posted: 13-Jun-2008 Video duration : 45 minutes 38 seconds
Aidex '91: inside the Australian arms trade
Aidex '91 documents the protests against the Aidex Arms Trade "Fair" held in Canberra, Australia in 1991. It also investigated the politics of Australian weapons trading in the Asia-Pacific region. It was produced for transmission on Community Access TV who were conducting test broadcasts of community TV on UHF Ch31 in Sydney, Australia. The large protest against Aidex, the police response, and the general public reaction, combined to make the arms traders very wary of staging such a prominent display for a decade and a half. There is soon to be another, so perhaps now is a good time to revisit this history for learnings. Read more…
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Posted: 03-Jun-2008 Video duration : 1 minute 13 seconds
Bangka o Eroplano (Rights Vol. I)
At an early age, children in the Philippines are exposed to the reality of activists becoming victims of enforced disappearances. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2008 Video duration : 0 minutes 55 seconds
Diyaryo (Rights Vol. I)
In one long take and with a few words, this video reiterates the risks that journalists take to deliver the news and exhorts the readers not to take their killings for granted. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2008 Video duration : 1 minute 33 seconds
Ignorante (Rights Vol. I)
Human rights violations by the numbers. Scenes of betrayal, torture, abuse and summary execution. A pandora’s box that needs to be revealed to the viewers. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2008 Video duration : 0 minutes 43 seconds
Where is Jonas? (Rights Vol. I)
A photograph dating back to the Marcos dictatorship shows press freedom fighter, Joe Burgos, embracing his children. When deconstructed, it reveals the tragic disappearance of his activist son, Jonas Burgos. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2008 Video duration : 1 minute 19 seconds
Tanga (Rights Vol. I)
Four administrations and two EDSA uprisings have passed after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship, Filipinos are asked if they have learned their lesson. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2008 Video duration : 0 minutes 48 seconds
Good News (Rights Vol. I)
A satirical look into the violence and pressures media practitioners face in their daily role as presentors of societal truths. Read more…
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Posted: 30-Apr-2008 Video duration : 2 minutes 52 seconds
National Treasures
Using the popular Qantas TV commercial, NATIONAL TREASURES is a humorous account of the conflicting depictions of Australia's national identity. Read more…
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Posted: 29-Apr-2008 Video duration : 2 minutes 27 seconds
Scribble
SCRIBBLE uses animated sketches to comment on popular culture and modern society. Read more…
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Posted: 28-Apr-2008 Video duration : 3 minutes 0 seconds
D.I.Why.Not
A satirical convergence of D.I.Y and Wife/Swap, this film explores the social connotations of masculinity and femininity. Read more…
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Posted: 27-Apr-2008 Video duration : 3 minutes 42 seconds
Words
Words are not always adequate to convey meaning. An abstract glimpse into the mind of a man who communicates his story using a medium other than words. Read more…
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Posted: 10-Apr-2008 Video duration : 8 minutes 50 seconds
The Empty Show
Australian artists enter an empty building and make it beautiful. Welcome to the Empty Show where subversion through art breeds change. Read more…
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Posted: 07-Mar-2008 Video duration : 8 minutes 14 seconds
Bandito Newshour
Bandito Newshour is a short preview of the theatrical news service operating live out of Open Studio in Northcote every Thursday, presenting world news with a mixture of satire, speculation and emotion. Read more…
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Posted: 02-Feb-2008 Video duration : 3 minutes 46 seconds
CHIKA: A Documentary Performance - an excerpt
Chika Honda was born in Japan in 1956. In 1992 she joined a tour group to holiday in Australia. During a stop over in Malaysia, her suitcase was stolen, and was replaced by a local tour guide. When she arrived in Melbourne airport, customs found her suitcase lined with heroin. This case later became known as 'The Melbourne Case.' Read more…
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Posted: 02-Feb-2008 Video duration : 13 minutes 40 seconds
10 Years Mizzima Anniversary Documentary Film
This video documents the ten year history of Mizzima TV. Mizzima is a media group in exile documenting the Burmese struggle for democracy. Read more…
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Posted: 13-Jan-2008 Video duration : 36 minutes 0 seconds
Taring Babi
Welcome to Taring Babi, an activist collective in Jakarta, Indonesia. Taring Babi is an independent community, also known as Marjinal, AFRA (Anti Fasis, Anti Rasis), and Tempe Quality. As a community, they are committed to fighting for equality and justice and often joins forces with local bands, media collectives, and workers' organisations to build events and campaigns that are inclusive and creative. Their home base also serves as a distro where they sell tshirts, badges, pins, and albums they have made, as well as a printing studio. Read more…
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Posted: 05-Jan-2008 Video duration : 9 minutes 6 seconds
Unheard, Unknown
A short documentary about the abductions, killings and persecution of political activists in the Philippines under the Arroyo government - a story you don't get to hear in the mainstream media. Arroyo declared a State of Emergency giving her government extraordinary powers to quash protest. Interviews with those who have been arrested and solidarity movements in Australia. Read more…
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Posted: 20-Dec-2007 Video duration : 40 minutes 42 seconds
Panel 2- Web 2.0
Making Links panel discussion about Web 2.0, its benefits and challenges. Sydney, October 2007. Read more…
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Posted: 19-Dec-2007 Video duration : 16 minutes 28 seconds
Interviews from Making Links 2007
Vox pop videos taken of delegates feedback from the Making Links Conference, Sydney, October 2007. Read more…
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