Monday, March 11, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Video Full Feature Film: "Where The Spirit Lives" Directed by Bruce Pittman, Music by Buffy Saint-Marie
About this film and the film's cast include Graham Greene, Gus Chief Moon, Michelle St. John, Kim Bruisedhead Fox, Marge Fox, Marianne Jones, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Margaret Cozry, Rudy Medicine Crane, Clayton Julian, Ron White, Doris Petrie and David Hemblen.
Directed by Bruce Pittman
Written by Keith Ross Leckie
Music by Buffy Saint-Marie
Cinematography by Rene Ohashi
I am proud to have been associated with this film.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Video Music short: "One Woman": A Song for United Nations Women reminding us we are shining!
You can buy the song here, proceeds of "One Woman" will go to UN Women and support our work to empower women and improve their lives worldwide. This song is also available on music channels popular in your own nation of our planet.
Video message from UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet
"One Woman" was written for UN Women, the global champion for women and girls worldwide, to celebrate its mission and work to improve women's lives around the world. This year, International Women's Day focuses on ending violence against women — a gross human rights violation that affects up to 7 in 10 women and a top priority for UN Women. As commemorations are underway in all corners of the globe, "One Woman" reminds us that together, we can overcome violence and discrimination: "We Shall Shine!" - we are shining, we are shiny :-) Spread the word and enjoy this musical celebration of women worldwide.
Video animated short: "Love Like Aliens" created by Rashad Haughton
Created by Rashad Haughton this six and half minute animated short brings to life the iconic works of legendary artist and gynoid creator Sorayama Hajime.
Winner the VFX Japan Award 2013
Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Asian Film Festival Dallas.
Video: music animated short: "Meet Me Far" by Ran Sieradzki
Lyrics for the song: "Meet Me Far"
by Yael Heim
"The Days pass by and
I Can’t even feel you passing by
I can’t believe you’re real
You’re like a dream through waking eyes
Far, meet me far
Meet me far
Meet me far Far, meet me far
Meet me far
Meet me far
Your touch can slow down time
And even though you’re on my mind
You’re all I need in life
It’s you and me just drifting by
Far, meet me far..."
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Video Feature Documentary: "Dakota 38 + 2" produced by Smooth Feather Productions and "2012 - Dakota 38 Memorial" Dedication in Mankato, MN USA
Now, four years later (2012), embracing the message of the dream, Jim and a group of riders retrace the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site on the anniversary of the execution. This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, the Native and Non-Native communities that house and feed them along the way, and the dark history they are beginning to wipe away.
Click here to watch the 2012 full documentary movie "Dakota 38" on Vimeo or YouTube
Click here to read about the music.
Click here to "Host A Screening"
Here is a link to an article about the 2012 ride, with great photos about the Dakota 38 Memorial in Mankato MN USA
2013 - Healing Through Remembrance: The Dakota 38+2 and How You Can Help
2013-2014: Donation to help children for the Ride
2013 - Year The Dakota Resolution passed in Saint Paul, Denouncing Genocide
2013 - A White Settler's Perspective: Listening and Losing The Sports Metaphors
2010 - Genocide in Minnesota: The Dakota Death March
2010 - Telling The Story Today: The US-Dakota War of 1862
For lyrics and music of the song the men sang on their walk up the stairs to their meet their Creator, and a poet's words, please see Marque Mathias Jensen's blog
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Video and Photography Book - Sky Crystals - Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes by Don Komarechka
Video for Book and Photographs of Sky Crystals - Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes by Don Komarechka
Don Komarechka's photography website ~ "I am a nature, landscape & macro photographer based in Canada. My work revolves around not only the beautiful things in nature, but the unseen world right in front of us. I have traveled around the world for some of my best images, but many of them come from my own backyard."
Why Snowflakes?
Don Komarechka shares his reasons for photographing Snowflakes:
"These tiny creations of winter have been a curiosity during most childhoods spent in Canada. As I grew up, I became less and less interested in these “trivial” curiosities, and only recently reconnected with them through the lens of my camera. As with most macro subjects, when photographing snowflakes there are many “what the heck is that?” moments as something mysterious is captured, and that childhood curiosity is reborn. Using a steady hand, an old mitten, and freshly falling snow, you can produce an image worthy of sparking that childhood wonder in even the most jaded onlookers.
Some people don’t believe my images are real, and that’s when I know I’ve created something worth talking about.
Of course, some people simply think I’m crazy watching me take pictures of an old mitten in a snow storm. Standing in frigid temperatures a meter away from comfort and warmth can be a daunting task. Using macro equipment that gives you incredibly little focus, it can be hard to even find a snowflake in the viewfinder. Freezing hands and shivering arms can make the situation worse. However, once you’ve got your first snowflake, you’ll smile at every snowfall from then on. But until you succeed, people will think you’re crazy for trying."
Don Komarechka's photography website ~ "I am a nature, landscape & macro photographer based in Canada. My work revolves around not only the beautiful things in nature, but the unseen world right in front of us. I have traveled around the world for some of my best images, but many of them come from my own backyard."
Don Komarechka shares his reasons for photographing Snowflakes:
"These tiny creations of winter have been a curiosity during most childhoods spent in Canada. As I grew up, I became less and less interested in these “trivial” curiosities, and only recently reconnected with them through the lens of my camera. As with most macro subjects, when photographing snowflakes there are many “what the heck is that?” moments as something mysterious is captured, and that childhood curiosity is reborn. Using a steady hand, an old mitten, and freshly falling snow, you can produce an image worthy of sparking that childhood wonder in even the most jaded onlookers.
Some people don’t believe my images are real, and that’s when I know I’ve created something worth talking about.
Of course, some people simply think I’m crazy watching me take pictures of an old mitten in a snow storm. Standing in frigid temperatures a meter away from comfort and warmth can be a daunting task. Using macro equipment that gives you incredibly little focus, it can be hard to even find a snowflake in the viewfinder. Freezing hands and shivering arms can make the situation worse. However, once you’ve got your first snowflake, you’ll smile at every snowfall from then on. But until you succeed, people will think you’re crazy for trying."
Video short doc "Year Three: NASA SDO Mission Highlights" and "NASA EO Year of Sunspot Cycle Activity"
Click here to watch new NASA SDO video
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Videos of TED Talks for the series "The End of Oil?"
Can we find a sustainable alternative to oil?
Scientists, inventors and activists present stern warnings and visionary solutions for the energy of tomorrow.
Taylor Wilson:
Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor
Video: TED TALK - Wade Davis: Gorgeous Photographs of a Backyard Wilderness Worth Saving
Is Canada worth saving? Is the planet worth saving?
Click here to contact Wade Davis via his website
TED: "Wade Davis is perhaps the most articulate and influential western advocate for the world's indigenous cultures. A National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.”
"His work with indigenous cultures has given him a truly unique view of the world. He is able to slip off the map for awhile, to live with the voodoo priests in Haiti, the Penan in Borneo, or the Quechuen of Chinchero."
Trained in anthropology and botany at Harvard, he travels the globe to live alongside indigenous people, and document their cultural practices in books, photographs, and film. His stunning photographs and evocative stories capture the viewer's imagination.
As a speaker, he parlays that sense of wonder into passionate concern over the rate at which cultures and languages are disappearing -- 50 percent of the world's 7,000 languages, he says, are no longer taught to children.
He argues, in the most beautiful terms, that language is much more than vocabulary and grammatical rules.
Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind. Indigenous cultures are not failed attempts at modernity, let alone failed attempts to be us.
They are unique expressions of the human imagination and heart, unique answers to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? When asked this question, the peoples of the world respond in 7,000 different voices, and these collectively comprise our human repertoire for dealing with all the challenges that will confront us as a species over the coming centuries.
Davis is the author of 15 books including The Serpent and the Rainbow, One River, and The Wayfinders. His many film credits include Light at the Edge of the World, an eight-hour documentary series produced for the National Geographic.
In 2009 he received the Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his contributions to anthropology and conservation, and he is the 2011 recipient of the Explorers Medal, the highest award of the Explorers’ Club, and the 2012 recipient of the Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration.
His latest books are Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest and The Sacred Headwaters: the Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena and the Nass.
Want to help click here to contact Wade Davis via his website
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Video Animated Short Film and TED Talk: "To This Day" a poem by Shane Koyczan
His video-poem "To This Day" is a powerful story of bullying and survival, illustrated by animators from around the world.
"If you have time to watch only one video today, it should probably be this one", Yahoo! News.
Mashable and Slate called the video, "Powerful!" and "Beautiful!"
"It will reshape your views on name calling, harassment and pain.'" - Huffington Post
Shane Koyczan is a poet, author and musician. He performed at the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, where an audience of more than 1 billion people worldwide heard his piece “We Are More.” He has also published three books: Stickboy, Our Deathbeds Will Be Thirsty, and Visiting Hours, selected by both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail for their Best Books of the Year lists.
In 2012, Koyczan released a full-length album with his band Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long. The album includes the viral hit “To This Day,” which highlights the anguish of anyone who grew up feeling different or just a little bit alone. To bring visual life to this image-rich poem, Koyczan invited artists from around the world to contribute 20-second segments of animation to the project. Posted on YouTube on Feb. 19, 2013, by the close of the month the video had been viewed 6 million times.
Video Documentary Short Film: "Hero" - Boundless Love by explore
- Bringing up needy children by providing them with basic needs.
- Reuniting children whose relatives are traced.
- Create healthy adults by growing people, the children at the orphanage, destitute women, and young people to be self-supportive by providing skills and supports.
- Undertake urban and rural integrated development programmes to alleviate basic problems of society.
- Improve the living condition of the needy children and enhance the sustainable livelihood at the grass root level
Video short animationt: "Every Child" by Eugene Fedorenko (1979 Oscar®-winner for Best Animated Short Film)
Video Animated Short: "You Are So Loved - Hummingbirds"
Design and direction by Wallace E. Keller, animation by Andréa Senise, music by Valerie Mih
Website for See Here Studios and FACEBOOK
Friday, March 1, 2013
Video Animated Short: "Paper Peace" by Valerie Mih, Adapted from "Being Peace" by Thich Nhat Hanh
Video Animated Short: "Assembly" by Jenn Strom
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Music - Idle No More Free Download of "Songs For Life" Volume 1 and 2 on RPM.fm - To share, promote, curate, interview, and profile emerging and established Indigenous Music Culture of First Nations, Aboriginal, Inuit, and Métis musicians.
Music and Idle No More: RPM Interview on CBC's The Current.
Videos music "Derek Miller ... proves music is the medicine ... of my Soul
"Music is the Medicine" official music video
"Someone Call An Angel Down" at Peguis Centenial Treaty Days
"Mystery Train" at Seneca Niagara Casino
"Indian Boy Blues" at Caledonia Ontario
Live on Balcony TV Toronto
Live at Ontario Museum of Archaeology (12 songs starting with RUMBLE)
With Jana Mashonee "A Change Is Gonna Come"
2016 "Come And Get Your Love"
from the 2016 album 'Rumble: A Tribute To Native Music Icons'
2016 "Til The Day I Die" by The Linda's
(The Linda’s are: Picazon Jamon/Derek Miller, El Chulo/Ritchie Franzen and El Burnyo Poncho/Spirit Eagle aka Michel Bruyere)
Derek Miller website and FACEBOOK and Twitter and myspace
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Music Video: "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Jana Mashonee featuring Derek Miller
Click here to watch Video: The amazing Derek Miller on guitar accompanies the lovely voice of Jana Mashonee. Plus bonus song and video "The Enlightened Time"
About ~ Jana Mashonee
About ~ Jana Mashonee
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Short doc film "Heartwood: Forest Guardians of Cortes Island" by Daniel J. Pierce and about The Children's Forest Trust of Cortes Island, British Columbia Canada
Cortesians are saying NO to industrial logging and YES to sustainable, ecosystem-based community forestry.
Video: Carrington Bay Children's Forest
Video: The Children's Forest Trust
Video: Cortes Island Ancient Forest: Basil Creek Watershed
Heartwood: Forest Guardians of Cortes Island is set against a backdrop of global social unrest, economic turmoil, accelerating climate change, and indigenous awakening, Cortes is a microcosm of a world in crisis. With our ancient forests depleted and the market demands of the developing world becoming more and more vociferous, communities are taking a stand against foreign investors with no connection to the land. These tenacious Cortesians will lead us deep into the woods of Cortes to show us why their forests are worth saving—and how far they are willing to go to save them.
About the Director - Daniel J. Pierce
Daniel graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in film production and screenwriting. He got his first taste of docs while pursuing a rare and bizarre opportunity to shoot the restoration of the iconic Hollow Tree in Vancouver. "The Hollow Tree" premiered at DOXA 2011 in Vancouver and was picked up for broadcast on CBC Documentary and Knowledge Network in 2012. Daniel is also co-founder of the Junction Media Studio in Gastown,Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) a shared workspace for emerging media-makers.
Thanks to the film's sponsors
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