Making It In Hollywood – Schwabs (1976) [media="380,260,0"]http://www.archive.org/download/making_it_in_hollywood_schwabs/making_it_in_hollywood_schwabs_256kb.mp4[/media]
Making It In Hollywood - Schwabs (1976)
http://www.archive.org/details/making_it_in_hollywood_schwabs
Excerpt from documentary following several unknown actors as they attempt to become movie and TV stars (or, at least, make a living by acting). Sequences include actors working their day jobs (mostly in food service), going to auditions, waiting for acting work at Schwab’s Drugstore, etc. Also features several famous actors discussing what it takes to be successful in Hollywood, including Tab Hunter, Shelly Winters, and Sally Kirkland.
In this segment, actors hanging out at Schwab's Drugstore talk about show business and surviving as an actor.
Director: directed and written by Frank Cavestani
Producer: Tom Weinberg, Laura Cavestani, Jodi Sibert
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Free Culture (2006) [media=380,260,0]http://www.archive.org/download/FreeCultureFreeCulturempg/Free_Culture.mpg[/media]
Free Culture
http://www.archive.org/details/FreeCultureFreeCulturempg
A nine minute student documentary of the Free Culture New York Summit held at Columbia University, January 2006. The film explores a new form of student activism, based primarily on and about the Internet. Beginning with the Free Culture demonstration at the Times Square Virgin Megastore, the documentary covers Free Culture members out to educate consumers on alternative forms of music distribution online (archive.org, ccmixter.org, blogs, etc). It continues the discussion with interviews featuring conference participants (Cory Doctorow, Creative Commons, Free Culture students activists). Finally, using cc licenses for distribution and production, the film acts as an example for other young student filmmakers who are interested in alternative copyright licensing.
Producer: Maggie Hennefeld and Thessaly La Force
Audio/Visual: sound, color
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Tracer[ACiD] (2005) http://www.archive.org/download/20040308-bbs-tracer/20040308-bbs-tracer1_256kb.mp4
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Tracer[ACiD] (2005)
http://www.archive.org/details/20040308-bbs-tracer
Interview with Tracer, artist for the ANSI art group ACiD. Conducted on March 8, 2004, in New York City, New York. Subjects discussed included ANSI art groups, switching groups based on opportunity, power structures of art groups, creating art in both ANSI and RIP graphics, and which artists Tracer found impressive. Post-BBS events are discussed as well.
At the beginning of the interview, a heat pipe clanks occasionally during both questions and answers, and then calms down for the remaining portion of the interview.
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Producer: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Production Company: Bovine Ignition Systems
Audio/Visual: mono, color
Language: English
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Minor Threat (2005) [media=380,260,0]http://www.archive.org/download/20040130-bbs-mthreat/20040130-bbs-mthreat1_256kb.mp4[/media]
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Minor Threat (2005)
http://www.archive.org/details/20040130-bbs-mthreat
Interview with Minor Threat, conducted in Austin, Texas, on January 30th, 2004. Minor Threat is most known as the creator and co-author of Tone Loc, a "wardialer" program that would connect to thousands of phones looking for carriers, voices, and other surprises in a phone exchange. However, this interview mostly focuses on his memories of both PD (public domain) BBSes and hacking BBSes; a section in the middle focuses on Tone Loc and the challenges associated with the program. The interview starts slowly as we warm up and then moves very quickly.
Jason drove 400 miles round-trip to conduct this interview.
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Producer: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Production Company: Bovine Ignition Systems
Audio/Visual: sound, color
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Philip J. Kaplan (2006) [media="380,260,0"]http://www.archive.org/download/20020302-bbs-kaplan/20020302-bbs-kaplan_256kb.mp4[/media]
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Philip J. Kaplan (2006)
http://www.archive.org/details/20020302-bbs-kaplan
Interview with Philip J. Kaplan, "pud" of FUCKEDCOMPANY.COM, for BBS: The Documentary. Conducted on March 2nd, 2002 in New York City, NY. Questions center around running a BBS, pirate groups, modem costs, what makes a web forum or BBS worthwhile to post on, tips for inciting conversation, and speculations on the personality behind running a BBS. Contains profanity. The interview was conducted in a rehearsal space leased by Mr. Kaplan and his band, and so the sound is unusual in that the microphone is located right next to him with gain turned down. The other bands rehearsing can be heard, occasionally quite clearly, in the background, but his words are always understandable. Because of the unusual lighting setup (practice stage lights were in use), there are harsh highlights on Kaplan. Also, the camera would occasionally automatically refocus to handle the unusual situation. Considered by Jason to be one of the top 10 interviews conducted for the documentary.
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Producer: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Production Company: Bovine Ignition Systems
Audio/Visual: mono, color
Language: english
Still We Ride Documentary Trailer [media="380,260,0"]http://www.archive.org/download/SWRlongTrailermp4/SWRlongTrailer.mp4[/media]
Still We Ride Documentary Trailer
http://www.archive.org/details/SWRlongTrailermp4
On Friday August 27, 2004 just days before the start of the Republican National Convention, a massive police operation was underway. By the end of the night 264 people were arrested. It marked one of the largest mass arrests in New York City's history - and the arrested had done nothing illegal.
For many New Yorkers, August was the first time they heard of what has become a monthly ritual for New York City’s bike community – a free-forming ride called Critical Mass.
Still We Ride is a documentary that captures the joyous atmosphere of this August ride before the arrests began and the chaos that followed. It recounts how this ride first started in San Francisco over 10 years ago and chronicles the police crackdown and resulting court battles in New York over the last seven months. The movie takes on issues of civil liberties, surveillance, the power of mainstream media, and the benefits of alternative means of transportation.
Production Company: In Tandem Productions
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Rich Schinnell (2005) http://www.archive.org/download/20040229-bbs-schinnell/20040229-bbs-schinnell_256kb.mp4
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: Rich Schinnell (2005)
http://www.archive.org/details/20040229-bbs-schinnell
Interview with Rich Schinnell, conducted on February 29, 2004 in Rockville, Maryland, for the BBS Documentary. The interview centered around early IBM PC-compatible user groups and hardware of the 1982 period, including the early compaqs, IBMs, and the challenges of software and usage of them. Also discussed philosophy of sharing software, profiting from public domain software, tyrranical sysops, and PC-TALK/RBBS. There is one drop-out in the last third of the interview, a one-second loss of sound.
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Producer: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Production Company: Bovine Ignition Systems
Audio/Visual: mono, color
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: John Sheetz (2005) [media=380,260,0]http://www.archive.org/download/20030322-bbs-sheetz/20030322-bbs-sheetz1_256kb.mp4[/media]
BBS Documentary Interview Collection: John Sheetz (2005)
http://www.archive.org/details/20030322-bbs-sheetz
Interview with John Sheetz for BBS: The Documentary. Conducted on March 22nd, 2003 in New Providence, New Jersey. Discussions center around teletype art and the use of Ham Radio to transfer text-based images. Techniques in creating RTTY art, the process of transferring artwork over Ham Radio, and some occasional copyright issues are all covered. Speculations on the future of the art, as well as what other skills Mr. Sheetz picked up in the medium. Sadly, Mr. Sheetz passed away in January of 2005, and was not able to see the final product or this interview; this work is dedicated to his memory.
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Producer: Jason Scott Sadofsky
Production Company: Bovine Ignition Systems
Audio/Visual: mono, color
The 90’s Pilot Episode – Bejing, Crack, Studs (1989) [media="380,260,0"]http://www.archive.org/download/the_90s_pilot_opening_bejing_crack_studs/the_90s_pilot_opening_bejing_crack_studs_256kb.mp4[/media]
The 90's Pilot Episode - Bejing, Crack, Studs (1989)
http://www.archive.org/details/the_90s_pilot_opening_bejing_crack_studs
Excerpts from The 90's Pilot Episode including home video from Tiananmen Square 1989 and Crack Smoking in New York.
1) "Beijing Journal" by Pat Keeton. Tiananmen Square 1989. Footage of a political uprising of students in China and a discussion of the process of revolt.
2) "Crack Clouds Over Hell's Kitchen" by The Educational Video Center. Interview with crack addicts in New York City who actually demonstrate how to smoke crack onscreen and describe its effects as they feel them.
Five seconds ago I was real tired. Right now I've got energy. I could get up from here now and walk to the moon... The reason why I’m doing this interview is, I'm tired of this place Manhattan and I'm leaving right now. I'm outta here. If anybody sees this tape and knows me, you know I tried, you know what I came from, you know what I used to be and I'm going to get it again.
Producer: Tom Weinberg, Executive Producer; Joel Cohen, Producer
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972) [media]http://www.archive.org/stream/DistantD1972/DistantD1972_256kb.rm[/media]
Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)
http://www.archive.org/details/DistantD1972
Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of America. Includes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh.
Producer: Airlie Productions
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
America’s Toughest Sheriff – Uncensored (2005) [media]http://www.archive.org/download/sheriffjoe/sheriffjoe.wmv[/media]
America’s Toughest Sheriff – Uncensored (2005)
http://www.archive.org/details/sheriffjoe
A Biography of Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Available On C-Band Analog and GETN Digital Satellite Downlinks
Program Description: “I am an equal opportunity incarcerator!” -- That’s just one of the many ways in which the self-proclaimed “Toughest Sheriff in America,” Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, Arizona describes himself and his controversial approach to fighting crime.
In Maricopa County, Arizona juveniles can be tried as adults and sentenced as adults for the crimes they are convicted of committing. “If they commit adult crimes, then why not prosecute and incarcerate them as adults?” Sheriff Joe says, adding the fact that juveniles also work on his voluntary, but controversial, Chain Gang. “If I’ve got men on the Chain Gang, why not women? And why not juveniles? If they’re just as guilty of committing the same crimes – why not have them serve the same time?” says Sheriff Arpaio, perhaps best known for building “Tent City” – his jail in the desert where 2,000 convicted men and women inmates serve their sentences. Sheriff Joe built Tent City using World War II- style Army tents on his locked, barb-wired outdoor desert compound policed 24/7 by armed correction officers. “If our soldiers fighting the War on Terror in Iraq are sleeping in the scorching desert in tents while serving our country, then why should criminals complain? What do they think? This is the Ritz? It’s a jail!” he says. “Living in Tent City isn’t any rougher than it is for our soldiers, sailors and airmen that are serving right now -- and they didn’t commit a crime!” declares Sheriff Joe.
This one hour biography is the product of a one-on-one interview with Sheriff Arpaio and a private tour of his jail facilities – including Tent City and the maximum security Madison Street Jail in downtown Phoenix, home of Hard Knocks High School.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office takes great pride in serving and protecting the people who live in that county – all 9200 square miles of it -- an area larger than some states in America. Sheriff Arpaio has zero tolerance towards the criminal element. His hard-line stance on fighting crime is embraced by deputies as well as many members of the community. But make no mistake: Sheriff Arpaio will be the first to admit that his laws and his tactics are controversial. They’ve made headlines worldwide. They’ve also bared the brunt of jokes and weathered several lawsuits. Nonetheless, he defends his stance and backs it up with his immense popularity (85% approval rating) – calling that proof alone that the majority of the people in Maricopa County want things run his way.
Program Objectives: Sheriff Arpaio discusses, among other things, the following:
*His self-appointed posse:
3,200 private citizens, some of whom are armed, that he has deputized over the years to help him fight crime in Maricopa County.
*Tent City.
*Why jail inmates are required to wear pink underwear.
*Jail rules: No girlie magazines, cigarettes or coffee. ONLY educational TV.
*Feeding inmates for less than 45-cents a day.
*Keeping drugs out of the Maricopa County Jail system.
*Hard Knocks High School
*Working on the Chain Gang.
*Narco-terrorism and the War on Drugs.
*Criminal Street Gangs.
* The resurgence of Heroin use among kids.
*Inmate ALPHA programs.
Bio: Sheriff Arpaio, 73, a career Drug Enforcement Administration agent who worked for the DEA in the U.S. and abroad for more than 30 years, has been in law enforcement for a total of 45 years. He ended his DEA career in Arizona, where he worked as the DEA’s Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Maricopa County district office. When he retired from the DEA, he decided to settle there with his wife of 48 years. After retiring from the DEA in 1992, Arpaio was elected Sheriff and has been re-elected by a landslide for three straight terms. He has considered running for Governor of Arizona, but says his heart is devoted to the people of Maricopa County and he plans on being their Sheriff as long as they want him to be.
Sponsors: This program is sponsored the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.
Availability: This free, public domain broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks. (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.) Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider. (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Echostar systems.)
Will this program be Video streamed or Webcast? There are no known plans to webcast this program at present.
Target Audience: Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested. This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.
Producer: MCTFT
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Reefer Madness (1938) [media="380,260,0"]http://www.archive.org/download/reefer_madness1938/reefer_madness1938_256kb.mp4[/media]
Reefer Madness (1938)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028346/
Considered THE archetypal sensationalized anti-drug movie, but it's really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use.
Like many exploitation films of the time, "Reefer Madness" tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930. The Code forbade the portrayal of immoral acts like drug use. (The illegal drug traffic must not be portrayed in such a way as to stimulate curiosity concerning the use of, or traffic in, such drugs; nor shall scenes be approved which show the use of illegal drugs, or their effects, in detail.)
The film toured around the country for many years - often being re-edited and re-titled ("Tell Your Children", "Dope Addict", "Doped Youth", "Love Madness", "The Burning Question"). It was re-discovered in the early 1970s by NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and screened again as an example of the government's demonization of marijuana. NORML may have been confused about the film's sponsorship since one of the film's distributors, Dwain Esper, testified to the Arizona Supreme Court that "Reefer Madness" was not a trashy exploitation film but was actually sponsored by the U.S. Government - a convincing lie, but a lie nonetheless.
That being said, the film is still quick enjoyable since it dramatizes the "violent narcotic's ... soul destroying" effects on unwary teens, and their hedonistic exploits enroute to the bottom.
Also, if you are interested in the rich, uniquely American history of exploitation films, there are two excellent books on the subject:
"Forbidden Fruit - The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film", Felicia Feaster and Bret Wood, Midnight Marquee Press, 1999.
"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! A History of Exploitation Films, 1919 - 1959" Eric Schaefer, Duke University Press, 1999.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Producer: George A. Hirliman
Production Company: G and H Production.
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Taken from: http://www.archive.org/details/reefer_madness1938
Who would you want the most? I know There isnt any elections coming up at the moment but thought it would be good to get an idea of peoples political stance.
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