Teenage (2013) is a documentary by filmmaker Matt Wolf with author-music journalist Jon Savage whose book Teenage: The Prehistory of Youth Culture: 1875-1945 serves as research for the movie. The documentary follows the development of the teenager, a relatively new concept, starting around 1900s (the end of forced child labor) to 1945 (World War II). Back in the days, there was no concept of the second decade of life, you where a child growing straight into adulthood, getting married, laboring or finding …
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Don’t let the missionary bit fool you. The cinematography is worth the watch alone. SYNOPSISSteven Crosby wakes up in Antigua, Guatemala with a mission: to convert as many locals as he can, armed with only some religious comic books and a couple words of high school Spanish. If he fails, his father, a preacher, will make Steven pack his things and return to Ohio to a life of menial work in the church. His attempts to bring the locals the …
German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder made World On A Wire at a time when the idea of man and machine merging was at an all time peak. Based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 sci-fi novel Simulacron-3, this flick was decades ahead of its time. Stupid buggy. Although the film has hardly been seen, it got digitally restored and will be in select theaters during the summer. Can’t wait to see this. From Janus Films’ website, here’s the film’s description: A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German …
Yesterday, through their Kickstarter campaign, filmmaker Rosylyn Rhee and company reached their goal of raising $50,000 for their documentary, Supernatural. …
Before there was Jeremy Lin, Yao Ming and the few other Asian-Asian American NBA players, their was Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first person of color to be drafted by the NBA to the New York Knicks in 1947. His legacy was largely forgotten until recent years, Wat Misaka joins Jackie Robinson in 1947 in breaking the racial barrier in U.S. sports. The first four black NBA players were drafted three years later in 1950: 1st – Earl Lloyd – Washington …
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