Velcrow Ripper

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Capturing Reality
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Capturing Reality

Nov 01, 2008

Capturing Reality
2008 90 min 8 vues
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian's journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?
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Bones of the Forest
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Bones of the Forest

Jan 01, 1995

Bones of the Forest
1995 80 min 1 vues
An exploration of the forestry industry, the film depicts a variety of views on the conflict between logging and environmentalism, including those of loggers, alternative forestry practitioners, a vice-president of MacMillan Bloedel, First Nations elders and environmental activists.
ScaredSacred
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ScaredSacred

Sep 14, 2004

ScaredSacred
2004 104 min 1 vues
Can we be Scared into the Sacred? Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper takes us on a journey to the pivotal ground zeros of the world – places like Bosnia, Hiroshima, New York City, and Afghanistan – in search of stories of hope and meaning.
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Occupy Love
5.3

Occupy Love

May 03, 2013

Occupy Love
2013 84 min 3 vues
OCCUPY LOVE captures the heart of the movement of movements that is sweeping the planet in response to today's economic and environmental crises. 'Philosopher-filmmaker' Velcrow Ripper travels to history-making hot spots, asking the question, 'How can crisis create a love story?' Scenes include the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square, Spain's Indignado movement, Occupy Wall Street NYC, The Maple Spring in Quebec, and indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands. The film explores the aspects of this arising that take the form of what Martin Luther King Jr. called 'Love in action.' Woven throughout is a deep exploration on the meaning and importance of 'public love' - the love of humanity, the love of the planet.
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Occupy Love
5.3

Occupy Love

May 03, 2013

Occupy Love
2013 84 min 3 vues
OCCUPY LOVE captures the heart of the movement of movements that is sweeping the planet in response to today's economic and environmental crises. 'Philosopher-filmmaker' Velcrow Ripper travels to history-making hot spots, asking the question, 'How can crisis create a love story?' Scenes include the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square, Spain's Indignado movement, Occupy Wall Street NYC, The Maple Spring in Quebec, and indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands. The film explores the aspects of this arising that take the form of what Martin Luther King Jr. called 'Love in action.' Woven throughout is a deep exploration on the meaning and importance of 'public love' - the love of humanity, the love of the planet.
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Bone Wind Fire
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Bone Wind Fire

Oct 09, 2011

Bone Wind Fire
2011 30 min 1 vues
A journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of the 20th century’s most remarkable artists.
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Everything Will Be
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Everything Will Be

Apr 28, 2014

Everything Will Be
2014 85 min 1 vues
Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood—Vancouver’s once thriving Chinatown—in the midst of transformation. The community’s oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT" looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright, indeed, but the big question is for whom?
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The Corporation
7.7

The Corporation

Sep 10, 2003

The Corporation
2003 145 min 259 vues
Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood—Vancouver’s once thriving Chinatown—in the midst of transformation. The community’s oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT" looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright, indeed, but the big question is for whom?
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Métamorphose
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Métamorphose

Jun 01, 2018

Métamorphose
2018 85 min 7 vues
Captures the exciting movement of Spiritual Activism that is exploding around the planet, and the powerful personalities who are igniting it.
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Métamorphose
5.9

Métamorphose

Jun 01, 2018

Métamorphose
2018 85 min 7 vues
Captures the exciting movement of Spiritual Activism that is exploding around the planet, and the powerful personalities who are igniting it.
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Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture
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Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture

Oct 02, 2001

Culture Jam: Hijacking Commercial Culture
2001 50 min 1 vues
A fascinating rap on the 20th Century movement called Culture Jamming. Pranksters and subversive artists are causing a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare. Jammers, cultural commentators, a billboard advertiser and a constitutional lawyer take us on a wild roller coaster ride through the back streets of our mental environment. Stopping over in San Francisco, New York's Times Square, and Toronto, we catch the jamming in action with Batman-inspired Jack Napier of the Billboard Liberation Front, Disney arch-enemy Reverend Billy from the Church of Stop Shopping and Media Tigress Carly Stasko.
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Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer
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Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer

Jan 01, 1999

Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer
1999 24 min 1 vues
This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.
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A Place Called Chiapas
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A Place Called Chiapas

Feb 20, 1998

A Place Called Chiapas
1998 93 min 10 vues
In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the country's jungle canyons to film the elusive and fragile life of this uprising.
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Incandescence
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Incandescence

Oct 19, 2024

Incandescence
2024 105 min 1 vues
Incandescence is an immersive cinematic experience that weaves together on-the-ground footage with extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation that transform our understanding of wildfire.
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Incandescence
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Incandescence

Oct 19, 2024

Incandescence
2024 105 min 1 vues
Incandescence is an immersive cinematic experience that weaves together on-the-ground footage with extraordinary stories of survival and adaptation that transform our understanding of wildfire.
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