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In a speech in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 7, 1966, Robert F. Kennedy said, "There is a Chinese curse which says, "May you live in interesting times."
Even though there is no such saying "in Chinese" it is applies all too well to the first decade of the 21st century.
Since 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Independent Exposure has seen an increasing stream of moving image art submissions that interpret our times. Artists have the gift of focusing on a subject by rendering it abstract - paradoxically stripping away the layers of our consciousness and laying bare a reality for all to plainly see.
Manifest Destiny highlights ten works from international directors that acutely interpret our times. The works range from the humorous, hysterical, ranting, serious, personal to disturbing - yet uniformly interesting.
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directed by Brian Doyle
USA,
Experimental,
2001,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:00
In the vacated downtown of a metropolis a storm approaches and envelops – except this is no ordinary meteorological phenomenon. A digital wind blows the debris from an overflow of information – the city is no... more info
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Bush for Peace
directed by Jen Simmons
USA,
Political / Social,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:00
It’s Bush as you’ve never heard him before in a re-mix of U.S. foreign policy, created from the Commander-in-Chief’s “Moment of Truth” speech delivered in March 2003. ... more info
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Arrogance
directed by Mark O'Connell
USA,
Experimental,
2004,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:30
A finger touches an onscreen map and a city explodes. Samples of the
arrogance implied in US media coverage of the Iraq invasion, and the
arrogance implied by the assumptions of Bush, Cheney and Blair.... more info
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Right Road Lost
directed by Victoria Gamburg
USA,
Documentary,
2001,
16mm,
Color,
Optical Stereo,
00:11:50
All Phil Rios wanted to be was an artist. His life, however, took another direction. The story of Phil Rios, a Vietnam and Gulf War veteran, and his attempt to cope with the memory of an unspeakable US milita... more info
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General, The
directed by Sietske Tjallingii
Netherlands,
Comedy / Satire,
2004,
35 mm,
Color,
Optical Stereo,
00:03:00
A biting satire on patriotism and military power in post-September 11 America. With the subversive wit of Chaplin's The Great Dictator, director Sietske Tjallingii cuts the Superpower down to size.... more info
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Armor of God
directed by Jim Haverkamp and Brett Ingram
USA,
Documentary,
2001,
16mm,
other,
Optical Stereo,
00:12:45
Can ear-splitting improvisational noise be considered "Christian music"? North Carolina musician Scotty Irving certainly thinks so. He builds instruments out of hockey masks and crutches, bangs the ground wit... more info
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What to Believe?
directed by Mario Escobar
USA,
Experimental,
2002,
DV/16mm,
other,
Optical Stereo,
00:03:30
“What To Believe” is a short film that combines 16mm found footage, Digital Video, and assorted sound samples in a fast-paced piece that challenges the viewer’s ideas about mass media and everyday iconography... more info
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Gulf
directed by Matthew Radune and Kayte Young
USA,
Experimental,
2002,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:05:47
A car, a generator, and a projector: a casual drive through Houston and a day at the beach manifest into Houston’s alter-ego.... more info
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Vision Test
directed by Wes Kim
USA,
Documentary,
2002,
DV,
Color,
00:06:00
What begins as a routing eye exam turns into a troubling dramatization of attitudes towards minorities in the United States.... more info
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Free Speech Zone
directed by Kasumi
USA,
Experimental,
2004,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:18:02
A fusion of multi-layered polyphonic
sampling, heavy, relentless beats, and
scorching satire, The Free Speech
Zone*, a psychedelic Dada/techno opera,
is a scathing condemnation of the
American government... more info
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