PressPausePlay: Art and Creativity in the Digital Age
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.
But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?
This is [...]
The Sagan Series
The Sagan Series is a project by Reid Gower to pay tribute to the late, great Carl Sagan.
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was [...]
Aldous Huxley’s The Ulimate Revolution
“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because [...]
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The End of Poverty
Global poverty did not just happen. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals and forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies — in other words, wealthy countries taking advantage of poor, developing countries. Renowned actor and activist, Martin Sheen, [...]
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Digital Revolution
PressPausePlay: Art and Creativity in the Digital Age
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.
But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?
This is [...]
Engineering
Atom Smasher: The Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing particle beams of either protons at an energy of 7 TeV per particle, or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV per nucleus. It is expected that it will address the most fundamental questions of physics, hopefully [...]
Spirituality
Alternative Therapies: Meditation and Neuroscience
Join Kathy Sykes on a personal journey of exploration into the controversial world of alternative therapies. Are there lessons for mainstream medicine to be learned from these increasingly popular therapies?
In a journey that takes her from Buddhist monks in Nepal, to brain labs in America – via yogic flying – Kathy investigates what cutting edge [...]
Sports
Inside Ferrari’s Ultimate Factory
An inside look at Ferrari’s legendary factory in Maranello, Italy. Learn how the latest Ferrari models are hand-crafted and engineered with the precision of a space craft using state-of-the-art technology. Ferrari makes cars for the street and for the car racing track and has a long history of dominating F1 Racing. Few outsiders or cameras [...]
Recent Documentaries
PressPausePlay: Art and Creativity in the Digital Age
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.
But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?
This is [...]
Life In A Day
On July 24, 2010, thousands of people around the world uploaded videos of their lives to YouTube to take part in “Life in a Day”, a historic cinematic experiment to create a documentary film about a single day on earth.
Since then, Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald and a team of editors have whittled down over 80,000 [...]
Biosphere, Tomorrow is Now: Exploring UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
This film, the first of its kind, offers a better comprehension of the concept of the world’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserves through Biosphere Reserves of three different continents. As the concept foresaw it, these are ordinary people, responsible of extraordinary initiatives, in Reserves that guide us through the understanding of the essence of the world biosphere [...]
The Sagan Series
The Sagan Series is a project by Reid Gower to pay tribute to the late, great Carl Sagan.
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was [...]
On The Brink Of A Networked Society
In On The Brink we discuss the past, present and future of connectivity with a mix of people including David Rowan, chief editor of Wired UK; Caterina Fake, founder of Flickr; and Eric Wahlforss, the co-founder of Soundcloud. Each of the interviewees discusses the emerging opportunities being enabled by technology as we enter the Networked [...]
Ethos
Ethos, a powerful new documentary hosted by Woody Harrelson, is an investigation into the flaws in our systems, and the mechanisms that work against democracy, our environment and the the common good.
With a stunning depth of research and breadth of analysis, this film delves deep into the inter-connected worlds of Politics, Multinational Corporations and the [...]
Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution
As corporate media fails to provide accurate news of the world’s dire environmental predicament, the Earth sends a clear message in the form of record-breaking natural disasters, famine and epidemics. People are mobilizing for what lies ahead.
In May 2007, the 8th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC8) was held in Brazil, bringing together visionary activists from 43 [...]
The Collective Evolution II: The Human Experience
The Collective Evolution 2: The Human Experience is a documentary focused on showing each of the dimensions to the experience we call life. The documentary does this by addressing exactly who we all are, and why we are here. It further delves into each of the key pieces that make up the human puzzle, namely [...]
Right Here All Over: Occupy Wall Street Protests
A short documentary called Right Here All Over about the Occupy Wall Street Protests in New York City that are now spreading like wildfire across the United States.
Butterflies: A Documentary About YouTube
Butterflies is a feature documentary film following the lives of six young people that are prominent ‘weblebrities’ on the video site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media and traditional media merge?
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PressPausePlay: Art and Creativity in the Digital Age
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Life In A Day
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Biosphere, Tomorrow is Now: Exploring UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
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The Sagan Series
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On The Brink Of A Networked Society
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localcrackpusher:
Not exactly. Though it does include a Marxist understanding of labor and capital -
Arjay:
BS low - rationality high! Really good aenswr! -
Steve:
How to live "Off the grid" for MILLIONAIRES. Those solar panels COST A FORTUNE, -
awolgina:
Thanks for having this great channel here, and content. I've been wanting to see -
awolginsa:
Duh, never mind the dumb question, the video preview is the image, wow, total br
