Sight & Sound has released its annual poll of which essays different video makers loved most. Here are some of the highlights.
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The Spotless, Uncanny World of Cleaning YouTube
The “Clean with Me” video genre pits our deep need to connect against the pressures that come with sharing the intimacies of one’s life.
The Art of the At-Home Concert
Under quarantine, everyone from Justin Bieber to Dua Lipa has had to adjust to conveying intimacy to online audiences.
Video Essays That Address Race, Inequality, and the Movement for Black Lives
Curator Cydnii Wilde Harris highlights some of her favorite works in the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist.
The Darkly Humorous Side of Capitalism Destroying Bridges, Dams, and More
The podcast Well There’s Your Problem takes a wry leftist look at engineering disasters throughout history.
Entertainers Are Doing Their Best in Quarantine
Seeing what professionals do when forced to downgrade is an interesting case study in creativity under constraint.
YouTube Announces Its Own Digital Film Festival
Tribeca, Cannes, Sundance, and Toronto, are among the festivals collaborating on the upcoming We Are One: A Global Film Festival.
Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
What Hyperallergic Is Watching Right Now
While we all self-isolate at home, we thought we’d share what movies, shows, and other things we’ve been watching to keep ourselves entertained.
Bernie Sanders’s Little-known Time as a Filmmaker
During the ’70s and ’80s, Sanders produced educational materials about labor issues and history. In 1979, he directed a short documentary about his political hero, which is available on YouTube.
Learning Mindfulness From the Art of Victorian Dressmaking
YouTube dress historian Bernadette Banner talks to Hyperallergic about slowing down and putting oneself in the mindset of the past.
A YouTube Doc Exposes What Went Down at the “Unite the Right” Rally
In Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right, creator “Shaun” lays out a recreation of the deadly 2017 event in Virginia with a precision only possible through social media documentation.