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Five Video Essays to Close Out May
Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays.
Dan Schindel
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A Japanese Reality Show’s Dark Legacy
Livestreaming, confessional monologues, and subjects’ willingness to let mass audiences surveil them all started here.
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Half a Century of American Culture Through the Lens of One Photographer
James Hamilton’s career conveniently mirrors the changing fortunes of journalism as an industry.
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Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future
Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means.
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Benshi Performers Pass Along a Way of Thinking
Ichirō Kataoka and Kumiko Ōmori tell Hyperallergic about the modern-day conventions and challenges of the Japanese art of narrating silent films.
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Art Made for Nobody, and Other Video Essays to Watch This Month
This April: video essays on Palestine, AI, Nathan Fielder, and more.
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Can Women Save America?
Girls State follows a group of young women participating in the mock political program in Missouri just before the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
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Fiction and Fact Intermingle at the First Look Film Festival
The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual experimental cinema event features several films that remix archival materials.
Film
A Batch of Video Essays for the Last Days of Winter
Donald Duck, Disney theme parks, and other excitement make up this month’s video essay roundup.
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Behind the Scenes of Amazon Workers’ Fight for a Union
Brett Story’s Union demonstrates how the tedium of labor organizing can sometimes catalyze electric triumphs.
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Once Upon a Time in Brighton Beach
Two recently restored films by women directors offer differing snapshots of America of the 1970s and ’80s.
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Video Essays to Beat the January Blues
With new movies, shows, and such coming at a slow pace in January, here are some engaging video essays to keep you busy.