In 1850, Charles Dickens published his eighth novel, an autobiography of sorts, and his proclaimed favorite: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It … Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Running 14 hours and featuring the work of 183 directors, 700 clips, and seven narrators, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema might be writer/director Mark Cousins’ most ambitious project to date. “Many films about cinema feature only … Continue reading WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA
On this week’s edition of After Image, I sit down with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss the bio-pic Tesla, new to Video On Demand, and Dark Circle, a documentary from 1982 about the dangers of nuclear radiation, which … Continue reading
Three plutonium triggers a day, 720 bombs a year, many of them thousands of times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan. That was the output of the Rocky Flats Plant during its heyday—a factory that produced nuclear weapons … Continue reading DARK CIRCLE
For Nikola Tesla, it all started with a cat. Specifically, a black cat named Macak, a feline friend from Tesla’s boyhood. One day while stroking Macak’s back, Tesla managed to raise a series of static electric sparks from the cat’s … Continue reading TESLA
It means possibility. It means history. And, most importantly, what I understand is that I’m going to be the one who says: I am a Black, lesbian filmmaker. Who’s just beginning. But I’m going to say a lot more and … Continue reading Home Viewing: Cheryl Dunye
A plane has two wings,” a high school junior representing the Federalist Party says to a room full of teens. “A right one and a left one…” And you need both to make the plane fly. Maybe not the best … Continue reading BOYS STATE
On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched space probe Voyager 2 with the expressed mission of exploring the outer planets of the solar system and transmitting the discoveries back to Earth. What, and whom, might it find out there? If Voyager … Continue reading JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY
Movies echo movies. Sometimes in the minds of the filmmakers: Conversations in sound and image across time and space. Sometimes in the viewer’s minds: Stories ping-ponging their way through a couple of thousand years of recorded history. More often than … Continue reading AMERICAN BOY: A PROFILE OF STEVEN PRINCE
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