Paula Heredia

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The Couple in the Cage

Oct 10, 1993

The Couple in the Cage

1993 31 min 1 vues

A witty satire about cultural stereotyping. In a series of 1992 performances, Coco Fusco and performance co-creator Guillermo Gómez-Peña decked themselves out in primitive costumes and appeared before the public as "undiscovered AmerIndians" locked in a golden cage - an exercise in faux anthropology based on racist images of natives. Presented eight times in four different countries, these simple performances evoked various responses, the most startling being the huge numbers of people who didn't find the idea of "natives" locked in a cage objectionable. This provocative video, directed and produced by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, suggests that the "primitive" is nothing more than a construction of the West, and uses comic fiction to address historical truths and tragedies.

Documentary

1

Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story

Oct 01, 1993

Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story

1993 78 min 1 vues

The story of rodeo bronco rider Bruce Ford, a five-time world champion and a legend in the sport.

Documentary

1

Skydancer

Nov 13, 2011

Skydancer

2011 75 min 1 vues

For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. In this nuanced portrait of modern Native Americans' double lives, Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard-drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. While the men are away working, their wives often struggle to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of an economically deprived area.

Documentary

1

La pájara Pinta

Sep 15, 2007

La pájara Pinta

2007 137 min 1 vues

A book opens to tell the story of a village in the smallest country of the America Continent, where the magical legend of Pinta the Bird beckons a boy and a girl and makes their dream come true.

6.3

Banking on Bitcoin

Dec 30, 2016

Banking on Bitcoin

2016 90 min 95 vues

Not since the invention of the Internet has there been such a disruptive technology as Bitcoin. Bitcoin's early pioneers sought to blur the lines of sovereignty and the financial status quo. After years of underground development Bitcoin grabbed the attention of a curious public, and the ire of the regulators the technology had subverted. After landmark arrests of prominent cyber criminals Bitcoin faces its most severe adversary yet, the very banks it was built to destroy.

Documentary

1

The Picture Taker

Oct 27, 2022

The Picture Taker

2022 80 min 1 vues

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?

Documentary

1

Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World

Mar 12, 2008

Jacques d'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World

2008 34 min 1 vues

When Jacques d'Amboise took a group of dancers and members of his teaching staff to China, they worked with acclaimed dancer Dou Dou Huang and more than a hundred Chinese children. Their goal: to create a special performance using a variety of dance styles - including hip-hop, freestyle jazz and traditional Chinese folk dance - that would premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre in honor of the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics World Games. Part of a month-long cultural exchange between d'Amboise's National Dance Institute and several Chinese troupes, featuring some of that country's most talented young dancers, the collaboration underscored the power of dance to transcend obstacles of culture and language.

Documentary

1

The Couple in the Cage

Oct 10, 1993

The Couple in the Cage

1993 31 min 1 vues

A witty satire about cultural stereotyping. In a series of 1992 performances, Coco Fusco and performance co-creator Guillermo Gómez-Peña decked themselves out in primitive costumes and appeared before the public as "undiscovered AmerIndians" locked in a golden cage - an exercise in faux anthropology based on racist images of natives. Presented eight times in four different countries, these simple performances evoked various responses, the most startling being the huge numbers of people who didn't find the idea of "natives" locked in a cage objectionable. This provocative video, directed and produced by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, suggests that the "primitive" is nothing more than a construction of the West, and uses comic fiction to address historical truths and tragedies.

Documentary

7.3

Modulations

Sep 18, 1998

Modulations

1998 75 min 12 vues

Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every major player past and present, as well as a few energetic live clips, Modulations delves into one of electronica's forgotten facets: the human element. Lee travels the globe from the American Midwest to Europe to Japan to try to express the appeal of music often dismissed as soulless. Modulations shows that behind even the most foreign or alien electronic composition lies a real human being, and Lee lets many of these Frankenstein-like creators express and expound upon their personal philosophies and tech-heavy theories. Lee understands that a cultural movement as massive and diverse as dance music can't be contained.

Documentary

1

The Couple in the Cage

Oct 10, 1993

The Couple in the Cage

1993 31 min 1 vues

A witty satire about cultural stereotyping. In a series of 1992 performances, Coco Fusco and performance co-creator Guillermo Gómez-Peña decked themselves out in primitive costumes and appeared before the public as "undiscovered AmerIndians" locked in a golden cage - an exercise in faux anthropology based on racist images of natives. Presented eight times in four different countries, these simple performances evoked various responses, the most startling being the huge numbers of people who didn't find the idea of "natives" locked in a cage objectionable. This provocative video, directed and produced by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, suggests that the "primitive" is nothing more than a construction of the West, and uses comic fiction to address historical truths and tragedies.

Documentary

1

Slavery and the Law

Jan 01, 2011

Slavery and the Law

2011 55 min 1 vues

Follows a group of Brooklyn youth as they work to create a wall mural that commemorates the shift from enslavement to the Civil Rights Movement. The youth seen in the film are participants in the Youth and Congregations in Partnership (YCP), and Gender-Responsive Re-Entry Assistance Support Program (GRASP), under the office of the Kings County District Attorney. The history of slaves is discussed by distinguished professors and historians, beginning with the development of Colonial America and the slave trade. As the title suggests, the legal system is introduced in the film as the youth and professors explore the laws imposed on slaves.

Documentary

1

Slavery and the Law

Jan 01, 2011

Slavery and the Law

2011 55 min 1 vues

Follows a group of Brooklyn youth as they work to create a wall mural that commemorates the shift from enslavement to the Civil Rights Movement. The youth seen in the film are participants in the Youth and Congregations in Partnership (YCP), and Gender-Responsive Re-Entry Assistance Support Program (GRASP), under the office of the Kings County District Attorney. The history of slaves is discussed by distinguished professors and historians, beginning with the development of Colonial America and the slave trade. As the title suggests, the legal system is introduced in the film as the youth and professors explore the laws imposed on slaves.

Documentary

1

RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee

Jan 21, 2018

RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee

2018 39 min 1 vues

A woman’s life becomes dramatically altered when her routine medical check-up delivers a cancer diagnosis.

Documentary

5.3

Addiction

Mar 15, 2007

Addiction

2007 86 min 3 vues

Assembled by some of the nation's top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO's 'Addiction' campaign features insights from experts on trends and treatments in the ongoing battle against drug and alcohol abuse. This documentary consists of nine segments that focus on case studies and cutting-edge treatments that challenge traditional beliefs about addiction.

Documentary

6.3

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

Sep 09, 2007

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

2007 57 min 8 vues

In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.

Documentary

1

The Paris Review...: Early Chapters

May 15, 2001

The Paris Review...: Early Chapters

2001 53 min 1 vues

In the summer of '53, an expatriated trio of young Americans founded the international literary quarterly, The Paris Review. Guided by George Plimpton, we roam the streets and cafés of Paris, glimpse the expatriate literati world of the 50s and 60s, and step into the bustling New York offices of the Review, meeting people, past and present, who remain central to this singular literary endeavor.

5.3

Mexique, le sang des frontières

Sep 26, 2020

Mexique, le sang des frontières

2020 93 min 3 vues

In the summer of '53, an expatriated trio of young Americans founded the international literary quarterly, The Paris Review. Guided by George Plimpton, we roam the streets and cafés of Paris, glimpse the expatriate literati world of the 50s and 60s, and step into the bustling New York offices of the Review, meeting people, past and present, who remain central to this singular literary endeavor.

Documentary

5.5

Unzipped

Aug 11, 1995

Unzipped

1995 73 min 17 vues

In the summer of '53, an expatriated trio of young Americans founded the international literary quarterly, The Paris Review. Guided by George Plimpton, we roam the streets and cafés of Paris, glimpse the expatriate literati world of the 50s and 60s, and step into the bustling New York offices of the Review, meeting people, past and present, who remain central to this singular literary endeavor.

Documentary

6

The Vagina Monologues

Feb 14, 2002

The Vagina Monologues

2002 76 min 16 vues

This controversial work, created and performed by Eve Ensler, debuted off-off-Broadway in 1996 and soon rode a wave of national acclaim. Now, the intimacy of Ensler's original show has been lovingly brought to the screen. Capturing her unique performance, the film also follows Ensler as she explores the creative impetus behind the monologues and conducts a series of new interviews as inspiring as those that brought about the original work

Comedy

1

Dawn: A Charleston Legend

Jun 16, 2022

Dawn: A Charleston Legend

2022 34 min 1 vues

In 1968, Gordon Langley Hall claimed he was a woman misdiagnosed as male at birth because of a genital defect. To correct this, Gordon underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgeries in the United States. Her subsequent marriage to a black auto mechanic and the mysterious birth of their daughter Natasha sent Charleston, SC society into a fury and cast serious doubts on the truth behind Dawn’s story.

Documentary