Happy World is a hypervideo experiment co-produced by Cinquième Etage Production and Upian.com
The result is a 30 mn documentary, available both in english and french original audio, directed and edited specifically for the Internet, presented in a HTML5 shell that displays dynamic data and contextual information to enrich the video.
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Amazing and creepy animated short about a child’s visit to a toy store by the talented Rodrigo Blaas from Pixar for Alma Films.
Nominated for an Oscar and for a BAFTA award, Jasper Morello is a short feature made in a unique style of silhouette animation developed by director Anthony Lucas and inspired by the work of authors Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne.
This animated short called ‘Eyrie’ is created by David Wolter, Wolter was recently hired by Dreamworks. The story line is of a young boy who must learn to defend his sheep from an eagle. Once he is capable of defending himself he is given wings and freedom.
In the summer of 2006, four friends from San Diego, California set out on a mission to expose the atrocities being done to the people of Burma, more specifically, the Karen people – one of the country’s largest ethnic groups. Burma has quietly been host to the world’s longest running civil war – waged between the country’s military dictatorship and detractors from the regime.
“Disconnected” is a mini-Lord of the Flies for a society ever dependent on technology for survival and communication. It is also, in a sense, a remake of the children’s story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” from the villager’s perspective. It’s a high-concept film that shouldn’t be able to be made on less than someone would spend on a cellphone every month.
Dong-hyuk SHIN: Mr. Shin was born and raised in Political Prison Camp No. 14 until his escape in 2005. Based in South Korea, he has testified before Britain’s House of Lords, and published a book in 2007 entitled “I Was a Political Prisoner at Birth in North Korea” published by the DataBase Center for North Korean Human Rights.
Charlotte Iserbyt discusses how Communist conditioning is replacing traditional education, leading to a deliberate dumbing down of Americans. Charlotte served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America’s classrooms.
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History, Zachary Lockman, provides an overview of the origins, development, and varying trends of Zionism. Professor Zachary Lockman is chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is author of Comrades & Enemies: Arab & Jewish Workers In Palestine, 1906-1948 and Contending Visions Of The Middle East: The History & Politics Of Orientalism. He spoke in his office on the campus of New York University on March 17th, 2010.