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  THE GITS: A DOCUMENTARY

  February 2, 2012

  In the early 1990s, Seattle was the focal point of an emerging musical underground. The Gits helped spearhead this new scene. Their sound was proto-grunge and all-out punk aggression.  The earnest, blues wail of front woman Mia Zapata was its center. Mia was the very embodiment of riot grrrl intensity, talent, and humanity. Her uncompromised integrity epitomized a way of life that influenced an entire generation of female artists to follow. Upon returning from a successful European tour -and at

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  RIP!: A REMIX MANIFESTO

  February 2, 2012

  Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age.

  Brett Gaylor is a documentary filmmaker and new media director. He is the creator of opensourcecinema.org, a video remix community which supports the production of his feature documentary RiP: A

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  BURNING ICE: A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY PETER GILBERT

  February 1, 2012

  In September 2009, documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert joined more than 40 observers – including musicians Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto and writer Suzan-Lori Parks – on an ice-breaking ship for a nine-day voyage off the coast of Greenland with artist-led climate change project, Cape Farewell.
  Their goal was to see, experience and contemplate the effects of climate change first-hand – and to begin a creative conversation with the rest of the world about one of the most important

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  TRANSPORT: A SHORT FILM FROM REGGIE WATTS

  January 31, 2012

  Transport is a short film collaboration between comedian/musician/maverick Reggie Watts and photographer Noah Kalina. Watts not only makes crazy beats and sounds with his voice, but also acts in this elegantly shot black and white walkabout.  Check out more of Watts here. 
   

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  BEFORE PORTLANDIA, THERE WAS THUNDERANT

  January 30, 2012

  Before sketch comedy duo Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney fame and Fred Armisen of SNL teamed up to make Portlandia, there was Thunderant.com; a series of awkward moments, misunderstandings, well-intentioned failures, and celebrations of cluelessness.  Watch the comedy side-project on the Thunderant Website or Thunderant on iTunes.

  Thunderant Website
  Thunderant on iTunes

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  HYPE!: SURVIVING THE NORTHWEST ROCK EXPLOSION

  January 27, 2012

  Tracing the steps of “grunge” from its subversive inception, to its global rise, to the multimillion pop culture phenomenon
  Tracing the steps of “grunge” from its subversive inception in neighborhood basements to its global rise to the multimillion dollar pop culture phenomenon, HYPE! incorporates hilarious interviews with rare concert footage of bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and The Melvins. Filmed over three years in 24 track digital sound, HYPE! casts a discriminating look on how the fuse was lit on the

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  MARK BRAMLEY: LOST IN TOKYO

  January 25, 2012

  Photographer Mark Bramley spent 2 days in Tokyo with just his Canon 5D MkII, taking thousands of  photos. Lost In Tokyo captures his unique urban cultural experience through timelapse of Tokyo’s busy metropolitan streets, subway trains and skyline.
   
   

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  OFF BOOK: THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC ONLINE

  January 25, 2012

  As the 90s came to a close, the business of music began to change profoundly. New technology allowed artists to record and produce their own music and music videos, and the internet became a free-for-all distribution platform for musicians to promote themselves to audiences across the world. The result was an influx of artists onto the cultural scene, and audiences were left wondering how to sort through them all. In this episode of the PBS series Off Book, watch as

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  AMAZING VIDEO ABOUT URBAN BASE JUMPING IN SINGAPORE

  January 25, 2012

  This New Year’s Day, Marina Bay Sands, a 55-story resort was chosen as the venue for the largest BASE jumping attempt in Singapore. Watch as seven professional BASE jumpers [Marta Empinotti, James Pouchert, Amanda Vicharelli, Anne Helliwell, Tim Mattson, Brendon Cork and Jeb Corliss] participate in this adrenaline pumping display against the futuristic Singapore skyline to welcome in the New Year.  Skypark BASE jump was directed & Edited by Snow R. Shai with music from PowderTree and produced by extremegate.com.
   

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  GANGS OF BROOKLYN: BIKE REVIVAL

  January 23, 2012

  Remember mopeds? Well they’re making a revival. Two moped gangs in Brooklyn, NY show us why the bikes, old and new, are still kicking around – and share a little bit about the elusive ‘gangs’ that ride them.

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  INSIDE THE BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY

  January 18, 2012

  Born in New York, The Bicycle Film Festival has evolved hand in hand with the unprecedented boom in urban cycling internationally. From its roots in New York City, The BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, global event that will travel to over 25 cities this year, from Milan to Tokyo, Minneapolis to Sydney. In 2001 Brendt Barbur, Founding Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City.

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  NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM DOC: SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS

  January 13, 2012

  Shut Up And Play The Hits, a new documentary from Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, follows LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy over a 48-hour period, from the day of their massive “farewell” show at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd, 2011,  to the morning after the show. The film is  screening at the Sundance Festival later this month. Watch the trailer above.

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