Artist, sometimes political prisoner and provocateur Ai Weiwei is starring in a sci-fi flick about water, or the lack there of; a cautionary tale about access to information. In a dystopian waterless world Ai makes his acting debut as a smuggler. Written and directed by “Ted Talks” filmmaker Jason Wishnow and shot by Christopher Doyle (director Wan Kar Wai’s cinematographer); they secretly filmed the short feature in China. Now their looking to raise loot for post production cost through a kickstarter campaign. On …
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New York University drop-out-rapper Jean Grae, and now writer, director, producer and star of the sitcom Life With Jeannie mise well have bloody scalps dangling around her neck. The show is surprisingly pretty funny, something you’d expect on Adult Swim. It’s exactly what the title suggests, except it’s a rare take on young black adults (Jeannie and friends) talking shit and getting all existential. You can sorta tell she might not act that different if the camera wasn’t pointed at …
Formerly the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), now known as the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival is kicking off on Thursday March 13th and runs through March 23rd. CAAM Fest 2014 will be showcasing films made by Asian/Asian American filmmakers, and films relating to the Asian and Asian American experience, with screenings in theaters located in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland. I was looking through the film program of CAAM Fest this year and a …
There’s an ongoing art show with art inspired by the works of surrealist film director, screenwriter, producer, painter, and musician David Lynch going on at Spoke Art Gallery (816 Sutter St San Francisco, CA 94109). This art show kicked off last week March 8th, and is on view until March 29th. It features 50 artists from around the world, with artwork interpreting or drawing inspiration from David Lynch’s work such as Eraserhead (1977) to his cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990-91). The mediums presented include paintings, …
Whitelandia is a documentary about Oregon’s historically institutionalized determination to discriminate and exclude blacks. The 90 minute film is an examination of Oregon’s oppressive practices and how it’s very foundation, since the writing of it’s 1857 constitution, was meant to create a white homeland. In anticipation of it’s statehood, the preliminary Oregon government actually wrote the first of The Black Laws of Oregon aka Jim Crow in 1844. Initially, the law required slave owners to free their slaves, but slaves were …
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