Alternative and Independent Video

"...Heroes Still Wear Masks" (12 min.), about the Animal Liberation Front and the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign; and..."

Sept. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Austin video rental company seeks political discussion, not just popcorn sales

"...Rubbernecking others' video rentals is a guilty pastime of Naked City. There's..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

Martin Sheen narrates this documentary on the plight of Tibet under the occupation of the People's Liberation Army.

"...suffered under a brutal occupation by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army since 1949. The statistics are staggering – the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...them. However, the best return on investment may be video games: $9 million in grants snagged $170.7 million in..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...(Houston) showcases some of the best independent film and video shorts from around the world. Featured are documentaries, short..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Parades Go By

The history of the rainbow lineup rolls forward into a spectrum of Austin Pride 2012

"...feelings of anger, love, and grief. They were about liberation through visibility...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Video, 59 min., 1998 (WP)..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...and Delgado motions them to a folding chair. Her videographer signals his readiness. She asks questions. “What is your..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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Our readers talk back.

"...Liberation Will Give Iraq Hope..."

April 4, 2003 Column

(500) Days of Summer

This romantic comedy is a deeply funny, seductive, and surprisingly honest dramatization of the ways we snooker ourselves into incompatible love.

"...her prized long locks and realized – with numbness? liberation? resolve? – that the shear didn’t sting like she..."

July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inner-Inner City

Charles Burnett on Killer of Sheep

"...been distributed until now. … Once Milestone [Film and Video] wanted to release it [on DVD in September], they..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.

"...impressive résumés as media tricksters: Bonanno founded the Barbie Liberation Organization, which switched the dolls’ voiceboxes with those of..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Fruit on the Vine" and "Breaking Free"

"...culture. “Breaking Free” is an ongoing documentary about animal liberation protests around the country. Also showing will be a..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bringing it to You

"...min.) and Suicide Box (NR, 13 min.) are two videos that investigate corporate sabotage and the confused role of..."

Oct. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Suicide Box

"...min.) and Suicide Box (NR, 13 min.) are two videos that investigate corporate sabotage and the confused role of..."

Oct. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...slow dance with moist palms or a dance of liberation, fists flying, sweat flinging across the gym floor. This..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

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Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...A panel on the trans liberation movement moderated by Kikis With Louie host Louie Ortiz-Fonseca,..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...with each artist “constructing new oceans through live performances, video, and sound processing. Viewers are invited to gaze at..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sweet Spirit: Masters of Puppets

Heavy pop locals premiere “Baby When I Close My Eyes”

"...the harsh realities of modern America in Sweet Spirit’s video for “Baby When I Close My Eyes,” taken from..."

Jan. 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...the polished K-pop phenomenon. Boasting roles from singer-songwriters to video directors, the 11-piece collective conjures a new genre of..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...of those plans wiped away. I now have the liberation of knowing what I cannot control. My takeaway: I..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

An Arc of Crystal Clarity

Rob chats with Gavin Russom and Viva Ruiz of the Crystal Ark

"...VR: We're very much about the liberation of the body...."

Jan. 10, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Culture Flash!

Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger

"...the 2010 music panel, has fully funded his Music Liberation project for inmates at the Youth Detention Center, Bastrop..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dispatches From Darfur

Austinites Rio Tenango and Leah Pries take their activism, and their aliases, all the way to Africa

"...and "Kitten" – so they could more safely send video communiqués to the world via YouTube. Before traveling, they..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Free Means Free

Knee-jerk support of Chavez's TV-station shutdown legitimates all censorship

"...time, with the technology of YouTube, several students have video-ed the government repression taking place throughout Caracas, as the..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Louis Black

'Freshman Diaries'

The latest R.J. Cutler project (American High, The Real Roseanne) tells the story of 17 UT freshmen during the 2002-2003 school year.

"...High, Freshman Diaries participants received cameras to create personal video diaries, while three-person film crews captured students' day-to-day activities...."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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"...Board's rapt attention for his entire presentation, which included video clips of Channel One. When Mrs. Ellis started her..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

Light It Up

Director Lizzie Borden revisits her incendiary 1983 feminist classic, Born in Flames, showing as part of the Austin Film Society's series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s."

"...City 10 years after the Social Democratic War of Liberation. Technically, that makes Born in Flames science fiction. But..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice

Every year, for two weeks around the holidays, "Public Notice" hands the type over to the Public Service Community and lets them directly address you, dear readers, with requests for things they need. They need you.

"...Days, National Uprising Days, Freedom Days, Union Days, and Liberation Days. There are religious holidays -- saints' days, martyrs'..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

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